Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989

Advisory committees.

17.—(1) The Authority may from time to time appoint such and so many advisory committees as it thinks fit to advise it on matters relating to safety, health and welfare at work, for such period and subject to such terms of reference as the Authority may deem appropriate.

(2) Where the Authority has appointed a committee under subsection (1), the Authority shall appoint a chairman of that committee and a vice-chairman who shall act in the absence of the chairman.

(3) The chairman of a committee appointed under subsection (1) shall be paid out of moneys at the disposal of the Authority such fee for attendance at meetings of the committee as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may sanction.

(4) Each member of a committee appointed under subsection (1) shall be paid out of moneys at the disposal of the Authority, such allowance for expenses incurred by him as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may sanction.