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Committees.
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13.— (1) The Agency may establish committees—
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(a) to assist and advise the Agency on matters relating to any of its functions or on such matters as the Agency may from time to time determine, or
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(b) to perform such functions of the Agency as may be delegated by it from time to time.
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(2) A committee shall consist of a chairperson and such number of other members as the Agency may determine and may include persons who are not members of the Agency or of its staff.
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(3) The chairperson and other members of a committee shall be appointed by the Agency.
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(4) The Agency, when appointing a member of a committee, shall—
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(a) have regard to the range of qualifications and experience necessary for the proper and effective discharge of the functions of the committee,
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(b) have regard to the desirability of an equitable balance between men and women in the composition of the committee,
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(c) fix the member’s period of membership, and
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(d) fix the terms of his or her membership.
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(5) The members of a committee may be paid by the Agency such fees as the Agency may determine, subject to the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.
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(6) A member of a committee may be removed at any time from membership of the committee by the Agency.
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(7) The Agency may at any time dissolve a committee.
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(8) The Agency may regulate the procedure and business of a committee but, subject to any such regulation, a committee may regulate its own procedure and business.
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(9) A committee may act notwithstanding a vacancy or vacancies in its membership.
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