Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023

Establishment of committees of Board

15. (1) The Board may establish such and so many committees (in this Act referred to as a “committee of the Board”) as it thinks fit to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any of its functions.

(2) A committee of the Board—

(a) shall consist of such number of members of the Board as the Board may determine, and

(b) may include persons who are not members of the Board.

(3) In appointing members of a committee of the Board, the Board shall have regard to the knowledge and experience necessary for the proper and effective performance of the functions of the committee.

(4) The chairperson of a committee of the Board shall be appointed by the Board from among the members of the committee.

(5) There may be paid by the Agency to members of a committee of the Board such allowances for expenses (if any) as the Minister, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, may determine.

(6) The Board may at any time remove a member of a committee of the Board from office for stated reasons.

(7) The Board may determine the terms of reference and regulate the procedure of a committee of the Board.

(8) The acts of a committee of the Board shall be subject to confirmation by the Board unless the Board otherwise determines.

(9) A committee of the Board shall provide the Board with such information in respect of the committee’s activities as the Board may require for the purposes of the performance by the Board of its functions.

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