Poisons Act, 1961

Appointment of members of the Council.

5.—(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the members of the Council shall be appointed by the Minister from time to time as occasion requires.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, before the establishment of the Council, the Minister shall appoint seventeen persons to be members of the Council.

(3) If, during any period when the number of persons standing appointed as members of the Council is less than seventeen, it is not, in the opinion of the Minister, practicable to appoint any other person to be a member of the Council, the Council shall, during that period, consist of the persons standing appointed as aforesaid.