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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH ACT 1949 - SECT 24

Advisory committees

  (1)   The Board may establish advisory committees, consisting of such persons as the Board appoints, to give advice to the Board on particular matters or classes of matters relating to the functions of the Organisation.

  (2)   The Board shall appoint one of the members of each advisory committee to be the Chairperson of that committee.

  (3)   The Board may determine:

  (a)   the manner in which an advisory committee is to perform its functions; and

  (b)   the procedure to be followed in relation to meetings of an advisory committee, including matters with respect to:

  (i)   the convening of meetings of the advisory committee;

  (ii)   the number of members of the advisory committee who are to constitute a quorum;

  (iii)   the selection of a member of the advisory committee to preside at meetings of the advisory committee at which the Chairperson of the advisory committee is not present; and

  (iv)   the manner in which questions arising at a meeting of the advisory committee are to be decided.

  (4)   If the Board decides that the members of an advisory committee should be remunerated, those members shall be paid by the Organisation such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

  (5)   Members of an advisory committee shall be paid by the Organisation such allowances as are prescribed by the regulations.

  (6)   Subsections   (4) and (5) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 .

 



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