Irish Sports Council Act, 1999

Committees.

18.—(1) The Council may—

(a) establish committees to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of its functions, and

(b) subject to subsection (5), appoint the chairperson and other members of a committee established under this section.

(2) A committee of the Council may include persons who are not members of the Council or its staff.

(3) As soon as practicable after the establishment day, the Council shall establish a committee, to be known as the Anti-Doping Committee of the Irish Sports Council, to—

(a) assist and advise the Council in relation to the performance of its function under section 6 (1)(d), and

(b) exercise such powers and carry out such duties relating to that function as the Council may from time to time delegate to the Committee.

(4) Where a power or duty is delegated under subsection (3), the power shall be exercised or the duty carried out in the name of the committee established under that subsection but subject to the general superintendence and control of the Council.

(5) The Minister may appoint a person who is a registered medical practitioner as the chairperson of the committee established under subsection (3).

(6) A member of a committee may be removed at any time from membership of the committee by—

(a) the Council, where the member was appointed under subsection (1), or

(b) the Minister, where the member was appointed under subsection (5).

(7) The Council may at any time dissolve a committee, but the committee established under subsection (3) shall not be dissolved without the Minister's consent.

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