National Social Service Board Act, 1984

Committees of Board.

8.—(1) The Board may from time to time establish committees to assist, facilitate or advise the Board in relation to the performance of its functions.

(2) A committee established under this section may, if the Board thinks fit, include in its membership persons who are not members of the Board.

(3) The appointment of a person to act as a member of a committee established under this section shall be subject to such conditions (including conditions in relation to the term and tenure of office of the member) as the Board may think fit to impose when making the appointment.

(4) A member of a committee established under this section may be removed from office at any time by the Board.

(5) The Board may at any time dissolve a committee appointed under this section.

(6) The acts of a committee established under this section shall be subject to confirmation by the Board unless the Board dispenses with the necessity for such confirmation.

(7) The Board may regulate the procedure of a committee established under this section but, subject to any such regulation, a committee established under this section may regulate its own procedure.

(8) A member of a committee established under this section shall not receive any remuneration for acting as a member of the committee, but may be paid such travelling and subsistence allowances as may be approved of by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for the Public Service.