Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
656Establishment of committees
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656 Establishment of committees
(1) The Centre Board may establish one or more committees—
(a) to assist the Centre Board in performing any of its functions; or
(b) to provide expert advice on any matter relating to the Centre Board's functions.
(2) The members of a committee are to be appointed by the Centre Board.
(3) Each member of a committee is—
(a) to have expertise in the matters to be considered by the committee; or
(b) to identify as experiencing, or having experienced, mental illness or psychological distress; or
(c) to identify as caring for or supporting, or having cared for or supported, a person with mental illness or psychological distress.
(4) The Centre Board may decide the matters to be considered by a committee.