19JCommittees established by Authorities

19J Committees established by Authorities

(1) An Authority may establish—

(a) a committee to advise the Authority on any matter referred by the Authority; and

(b) a committee to exercise any power or perform any function, authority or discretion delegated to it by the Authority.

(2) The following provisions apply to committees—

(a) an Authority may at any time remove from office a member of a committee and must provide in writing to the member the reasons for the removal;

(b) a committee may act despite any vacancy in its membership;

(c) subject to this Act and any rules made under paragraph (d), a committee may regulate its own proceedings;

(d) an Authority may, by resolution, make rules, with which committees must comply, about—

(i) their quorums; and

(ii) voting powers of their members; and

(iii) their proceedings;

(e) the Minister by notice published in the Government Gazette may declare that a committee is a corporation, and may dissolve a corporation of that sort in the same way;

(f) an Authority must obtain the Minister's consent before it delegates any of its powers, functions, authorities or discretions to a committee of which any members are not members or officers of the Authority;

(g) the Minister may specify rules of procedure for the exercise of a delegated power by a committee referred to in paragraph (f) and any purported exercise of that delegated power by such a committee otherwise than in accordance with those rules is void.

(3) A member of a committee is entitled to be paid any fees and allowances fixed by the Minister.