37Advisory committees

37 Advisory committees

(1)  The Minister may establish a committee, on such terms and conditions that the Minister considers appropriate, for the purpose of advising the Minister in respect of –

(a) the performance of the Minister’s functions under this Act; or

(b) the operation of the scheme under this Act.

(2)  In establishing a committee under subsection (1) , the Minister is to specify –

(a) the matters in respect of which the committee is to advise the Minister; and

(b) the members of the committee or the interests, and experience, that members of the committee, as a whole, must hold; and

(c) certain practices and procedures that apply in respect of the committee so established.

(3)  The regulations may prescribe the practice and procedures of a committee established under subsection (1) .

(4)  Unless otherwise prescribed, or specified by the Minister under subsection (2) (c), a committee established under subsection (1) may regulate its own practice and procedures.

(5)  The Minister may dissolve a committee established under subsection (1) on such terms and conditions as the Minister considers appropriate.