Civil Defence Act, 2002
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Chapter 2 Committees of Board | ||
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Committees of Board. |
28.—(1) The Board may establish committees to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any of its functions. | |
(2) The Board may delegate to a committee any of its functions which, in its opinion, can be better or more conveniently exercised or performed by a committee. | ||
(3) A committee established under this section may include persons who are not members of the Board but who have relevant knowledge and experience relating to the functions of the committee. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Board shall establish— | ||
(a) the Planning, Development and Recruitment Committee, | ||
(b) the Education and Training Committee, and | ||
(c) the Health, Safety and Procurement Committee. | ||
(5) The acts of a committee and the exercise by a committee of functions delegated to it under this Chapter shall be subject to confirmation by the Board, unless the Board otherwise determines. | ||
(6) Members of a committee— | ||
(a) shall be appointed subject to the terms and conditions, and | ||
(b) may be paid, by the Board, the allowances for expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their functions, | ||
that the Board may determine, subject to the consent of the Minister given with the approval of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(7) Subject to this Act, the Board may determine the terms of reference and regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedures and business of a committee, including the filling of casual vacancies, but, subject to any such regulation, a committee may regulate its own procedures. | ||
(8) Subject to section 29 (3), a committee shall appoint, from time to time, a chairperson from among its members. | ||
(9) A member of a committee may be removed by the Board at any time for stated reasons. | ||
(10) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Board may at any time dissolve a committee established by it under this section. | ||
(b) Where a committee specified in subsection (4) is dissolved under paragraph (a), the committee shall be reestablished as soon as practicable. | ||
(11) When establishing a committee, the Board shall have regard to the desirability of an appropriate gender balance as may be determined, from time to time, by the Minister. | ||
(12) A committee shall provide the Board with the information that the Board may from time to time require, in respect of the committee's activities and operation, for the purposes of the performance of the Board's functions. |