Paragraph 3 Committees

(1)

The GTCS may appoint such committees as it thinks fit.

(2)

Any committee so appointed may appoint such sub-committees as it thinks fit.

(3)

Such committees and sub-committees may consist—

(a)

wholly of members of the GTCS;

(b)

partly of members of the GTCS and partly of other persons appointed to that committee or sub-committee by the GTCS or, in the case of sub-committees, by the committee which appointed that sub-committee; or

(c)

wholly of non-members of the GTCS appointed to that committee or sub-committee by the GTCS or, in the case of sub-committees, by the committee which appointed that sub-committee.

(4)

The GTCS must make a scheme (the “committee scheme”) relating to the structure, membership, role and operation of its committees and sub-committees.

(5)

The committee scheme may in particular make provision for or in connection with—

(a)

the number of committees;

(b)

the functions, duties and powers of committees;

(c)

the procedure of committees;

(d)

the regulation of the proceedings of, and the quorum at, committees;

(e)

the composition of committees; and

(f)

the membership arrangements for committees, including arrangements for the appointment to committees of persons who are not members of the GTCS.

(6)

In sub-paragraph (5)(a) to (f) “committees” includes “sub-committees”.

(7)

The GTCS may vary the committee scheme at any time.

(8)

The GTCS must publish the committee scheme, in such ways as it thinks fit.