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Subcommittees of vocational education committee.
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31.—(1) A vocational education committee may establish subcommittees to—
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(a) perform such one or more of its functions as, in its opinion, could be better or more conveniently performed by a subcommittee, or
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(b) advise it in relation to the performance by it of any of its functions,
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and may determine the terms of reference and regulate the procedure of any such subcommittee.
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(2) A subcommittee established under subsection (1) shall consist of not more than 12 members and may consist partly of members who are not members of the vocational education committee concerned.
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(3) A vocational education committee shall, upon being so directed by the Minister, establish a subcommittee to perform, in relation to all or part of the vocational education area of that vocational education committee, such functions of the vocational education committee as are specified in the direction concerned.
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(4) The Minister may direct that a subcommittee established under subsection (1) or pursuant to a direction under subsection (3) shall consist—
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(a) partly of members who are members of the vocational education committee concerned and partly of members who are not members of that vocational education committee, or
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(b) exclusively of members who are members of the vocational education committee concerned.
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(5) A subcommittee established under subsection (3) shall consist of such and so many members as the Minister shall direct.
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(6) A member of a subcommittee established under subsection (1) may be removed from office at any time by the vocational education committee concerned.
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(7) A member of a subcommittee established under subsection (3) may be removed from office at any time by the vocational education committee concerned with the consent of the Minister, and shall be so removed where the Minister so directs.
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(8) A vocational education committee may at any time dissolve a subcommittee established under subsection (1).
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(9) A vocational education committee may, with the consent of the Minister, at any time dissolve a subcommittee established under subsection (3), and shall dissolve such subcommittee where the Minister so directs.
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(10) A vocational education committee may appoint a person to be chairperson of a subcommittee established under subsection (1).
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(11) The acts of every subcommittee established under this section (other than subsection (1)(b)) shall be subject to confirmation by the vocational education committee that established it, save where the Minister otherwise directs.
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(12) A vocational education committee may, with the consent of the Minister, appoint a person to be chairperson of a subcommittee established under subsection (3), and shall appoint a person to be chairperson of such subcommittee where the Minister so directs.
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(13) The following functions under this section shall be reserved functions:
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(a) the establishment or dissolution of a subcommittee;
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(b) the determination of the terms of reference and the regulation of the procedures of a subcommittee established under this section;
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(c) the removal from office of a member, or the appointment of a chairperson, of a subcommittee established under this section;
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(d) the confirmation of an act of a subcommittee established under this section.
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