Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994

Committees.

18.—(1) The Authority may establish committees to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any of its functions.

(2) The Authority may delegate to a committee any of its functions which, in its opinion, can be better or more conveniently exercised or performed by a committee.

(3) The Authority shall decide the terms of reference for any committee and may regulate the procedure of any such committee.

(4) The members of a committee shall be appointed by the Authority.

(5) A committee shall consist of such number of members as the Authority thinks proper.

(6) A committee may include persons who are not members of the Authority.

(7) A member of a committee who fails to perform his functions may be removed at any time by the Authority.

(8) The Authority may at any time dissolve a committee.

(9) The Authority may appoint a person to be chairman of a committee.

(10) The acts of a committee shall be subject to confirmation by the Authority save where it dispenses with the necessity for such confirmation.

(11) There shall be paid out of the income of the Authority to members of a committee such allowances for expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as the Authority may determine with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

(12) In this section “a committee” means a committee of the Authority established under this section.