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Committees of regional boards. 
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9.—The Act of 1980 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following in Chapter II of Part II, after section 17: 
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“17A.—(1) A regional board may establish committees to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of its functions. 
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(2) A committee may, if the regional board concerned thinks fit, include amongst its members persons who are not members of the board. 
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(3) The regional board concerned may appoint a member of the board to be the chairperson of a committee. 
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(4) The regional board concerned may at any time dissolve a committee. 
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(5) A regional board may regulate the procedures of its committees but, subject to any such regulation, a committee may regulate its own procedure.”. 
 
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