Building Societies Act, 1976

Building Societies Advisory Committee.

96.—(1) The Minister may appoint a body which shall be known as the Building Societies Advisory Committee and is in this section referred to as the Committee.

(2) The Committee may advise the Minister in relation to any matter affecting the operation of building society business and on any other matter relating to building societies referred to it by the Minister.

(3) The Committee shall consist of such number of persons, not being more than nine, representative of the Department of Local Government, the Department of Finance, the Registrar, the Central Bank, the Irish Building Societies Association and such other bodies as he may from time to time consider appropriate, appointed for such period as the Minister thinks fit.

(4) The Minister shall from time to time nominate one member of the Committee to act as chairman thereof.

(5) The Minister may at any time remove any member (including the chairman) of the Committee from office.