DISABILITY INCLUSION ACT 2014 - SECT 16
Membership
DISABILITY INCLUSION ACT 2014 - SECT 16
Membership
16 Membership
(1) The Disability Council consists of at least 8 but not more than 12 persons
appointed by the Governor.
(2) The members of the Disability Council must
include-- (a) members of, or persons employed by, organisations concerned
especially with the interests of people with disability, and
(b) other
persons with appropriate skills and experience in matters relevant to the
interests of people with disability.
(3) The majority of members of the
Disability Council must be people with disability.
(4) There is to be a
chairperson and a deputy chairperson of the Disability Council.
(5) The
chairperson is the member who-- (a) is a person with disability, and
(b) has
the qualifications or experience, and is appointed in the way, prescribed by
the regulations.
(6) The deputy chairperson is the member appointed as the
deputy chairperson in the way prescribed by the regulations.
(7) Schedule 1
contains provisions relating to the membership and procedure of the
Disability Council.