(1) The Chancellor or Pro - Chancellor (if he or she is a member of the Council) may, in writing, request members to pass a resolution without a meeting.
(2) A copy of the request and the text of the proposed resolution, must be sent to each member of the Council.
(3) Subject to subsection ( 4), the resolution is passed if each of a majority of the members of the Council eligible to vote on that resolution signs a document containing the text of the resolution and returns it to the Chancellor or Pro - Chancellor (if he or she is a member of the Council).
(4) If the proposed resolution deals with whether a member of the Council has breached his or her duties under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2 - 2 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 as a member of the Council, the resolution is passed if each of at least a two - thirds majority of the members of the Council eligible to vote on that resolution:
(a) signs a document containing the text of the resolution; and
(b) returns it to the Chancellor or Pro - Chancellor (if he or she is a member of the Council).
(5) For the purposes of this section, a member of the Council is not eligible to vote on a resolution if:
(a) the resolution relates to a matter in which the member has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest; or
(b) if the resolution deals with whether a member of the Council has breached his or her duties under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2 - 2 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 as a member of the Council--he or she is the member to whom the resolution relates.