Dentists Act, 1985

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Committees of Council.

13.—(1) The Council may, subject to the subsequent provisions of this section, from time to time establish committees to perform such, if any, functions of the Council, as in the opinion of the Council, may be better or more conveniently performed by a committee, and are assigned to a committee by the Council.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Council shall establish—

(a) a committee to act in relation to its functions under Part IV of this Act,

(b) a committee to act in relation to its functions under Part V of this Act, and

(c) a committee to act in relation to its functions regarding auxiliary dental workers under Part VII of this Act.

(3) A committee established under this section, other than the committee referred to in subsection (2) (b) of this section, may, if the Council thinks fit, include in its members persons who are not members of the Council.

(4) The chairman of every committee established under this section shall be a member of the Council: Provided that the chairman of the committee referred to in subsection (2) (b) of this section shall be neither the President nor the Vice-President of the Council.

(5) The committee established under subsection (2) (a) of this section shall include in its membership each person appointed to the Council under section 9 (1) (a), 9 (1) (b) and 9 (1) (e) of this Act.

(6) Every member of the committee referred to in subsection (2) (b) of this section shall be a member of the Council and—

(a) a majority of the members of such committee shall be persons who have been appointed by election to the Council, and

(b) at least one member of such committee shall be a person other than a registered dentist who has been appointed to the Council by the Minister under section 9 (1) (f) of this Act.

(7) (a) The committee established under subsection (2) (c) of this section shall include the person appointed to the Council pursuant to section 9 (1) (e) of this Act and a person representative of each class of auxiliary dental worker established under a scheme made by the Council under section 53 of this Act.

(b) The first appointment of a person representative of a class of auxiliary dental workers to a committee established under subsection (2) (c) of this section after the commencement of this Act shall be made, for a period of one year from the date of the appointment, by the Council and every subsequent such appointment to such a committee shall be by election, in accordance with rules made by the Council, by the registered members of each class of auxiliary dental workers so established.

(8) The acts of a committee established under this section shall be subject to confirmation by the Council unless the Council, at any time, dispenses with the necessity for such confirmation.

(9) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this Act, regulate the procedure of committees established under this section, but, subject to any such regulation, committees established under this section may regulate their own procedure.