Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act, 1999

Committees of Board.

9.—Section 13 of the Act of 1958 is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution in subsection (3) for “consist exclusively of persons who are members of the Board or partly of persons who are members of the Board and partly of persons who are officers of the Board” of “include or consist of persons who are not members of the Board”, and the said subsection, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section, and

(b) by the insertion after subsection (4) of the following subsections:

“(5) The Board shall decide the terms of reference of any committee of the Board.

(6) The Board may appoint a person to be chairman of a committee of the Board.

(7) A member of a committee of the Board who fails to perform his functions may be removed at any time by the Board.

(8) The Board may at any time dissolve a committee of the Board.

(9) There shall be paid out of the income of the Board to members of a committee of the Board such allowances for expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as the Board may determine, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.”.

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(3) A committee of the Board shall consist of such number of members as the Board thinks proper and may, at the discretion of the Board, include or consist of persons who are not members of the Board.