9Committees

9 Committees

(1)  The Council may, by resolution, establish committees for the purpose of assisting it in carrying out its functions under this Act.

(2)  A committee established under subsection (1) shall be constituted by such persons as the Council considers appropriate and may include persons who are not members of the Council.

(3)  A member of a committee established under this section shall be appointed for such period as the Council thinks fit.

(4)  Subject to subsection (5) , a member of a committee established under this section is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Council may from time to time determine, and the payment of any such remuneration shall be made out of the funds of the Council.

(5)  [Section 9 Subsection (5) substituted by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] A member of a committee who is –

(a) a State Service officer or State Service employee; or

(b) otherwise holding, or acting in, an office –

(i) under the State Service Act 2000 ; or

(ii) in an Agency within the meaning of that Act –

is not entitled to remuneration under subsection (4) , except with the approval of the Minister administering the State Service Act 2000 .