Article 24 Consultation between boards and other personsF1

A board shall have power to negotiate with any other persons in respect of any matter concerning the marketing of the regulated product, or of any agricultural product from which the regulated product is wholly or partly manufactured or derived, or of any goods wholly or partly manufactured or derived from the regulated product, and to agree with the other parties to the negotiations to bring into consultation in connection therewith such person as may be agreed between the parties or, in default of agreement, nominated by the Department.

A board may pay the whole or any part of the remuneration and expenses of any person whose function it is to advise the board in connection with the excersise of its powers under the scheme, or who is brought into consultation in connection with negotiations entered into by the board in pursuance of this Article.

Any expenses incurred by a board by virtue of this Article shall be deemed to be expenses incurred under the scheme.