s 18 Validity of acts, etc.
18.—(1) The performance of any function, or the exercise of any power, of the Agency by the Agency is not affected merely because at the relevant time —(a) there was a vacancy in the membership of the Agency, including a vacancy arising from the failure to appoint a member; (b) there was some defect or irregularity existing in the appointment or continuance in office of an individual purporting to be a member; or (c) there was an irregularity in the Agency’s decision-making procedure (but only if the irregularity did not affect the merits of the decision made).[5/2018] (2) The acts of an individual as a member of the Agency are not affected merely because there was some defect or irregularity existing in the appointment or continuance in office of the individual purporting to be a member.