9Committees

9 Committees

9 Committees

(1) The trustees may—

(a) establish committees in relation to an aspect of the Museum’s activities, and

(b) determine the terms of reference of committees, and

(c) appoint a member of a committee as the chair of the committee.

(2) The President and the Chief Executive are, because of holding office as the President and the Chief Executive, members of a committee established under subsection (1).

(3) The President may preside at a meeting of a committee.

(4) If the President is absent or declines to preside at a meeting of a committee—

(a) the chair of the committee must preside, or

(b) if the chair is absent or declines to preside—another member of the committee appointed by and from the members present must preside.