New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 25

25 Advisory committees

(1) The Minister may appoint committees for the purpose of advising the Director-General in relation to matters arising under section 9 (2).

(2) An advisory committee:

(a) shall comprise such number of persons as the Minister thinks fit,

(b) may include an officer or officers,

(c) has such functions in relation to the provision of advice as the Minister directs, and

(d) may, except to the extent that the Minister otherwise directs, regulate its own procedure for the calling of meetings and the conduct of its business at those meetings.

(3) The Minister may, at any time:

(a) terminate the appointment of a person as a member of an advisory committee, or

(b) dissolve an advisory committee.

(4) A member of an advisory committee:

(a) is entitled to receive such travelling expenses, and

(b) except in the case of an officer, is entitled to receive such fees for attending meetings and transacting business of the committee,

as are fixed by the Minister.