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Special committees.
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21.—(1) (a) The Minister may, by direction in writing, require the Council to establish one or more than one committee to advise it on such matters relating to the arts as are specified in the direction, and a committee established pursuant to such a direction is hereafter in this section referred to as a “special committee”.
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(b) The number of special committees standing established, for the time being, shall not exceed 3.
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(c) A special committee shall continue in being for such period as may be specified in the direction pursuant to which it was established.
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(d) The Council shall comply with a direction under this subsection.
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(2) A special committee shall consist of the following members, that is to say—
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(a) a chairperson who shall be appointed from among the members of the Council by the Minister, and
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(b) 4 ordinary members, of whom—
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(i) 2 shall be appointed by the Minister, and
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(ii) 2 shall be appointed by the Council.
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(3) A special committee may include ordinary members who are not members of the Council.
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(4) A member of a special committee who is also a member of the Council shall, upon ceasing to be a member of the Council, cease to be a member of the special committee concerned.
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(5) (a) If a member of a special committee (other than a member to whom paragraph (b) refers) dies or resigns, a person shall be appointed to be a member of the special committee concerned to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned in the same manner as the member who occasioned the casual vacancy was appointed.
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(b) If a member of a special committee who is also a member of the Council ceases to be a member of the Council, another member of the Council shall be appointed to be a member of the special committee concerned to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned in the same manner as the member who occasioned the casual vacancy was appointed.
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(6) A person appointed to be a member of a special committee shall hold office for that period of the term of office of the member who occasioned the casual vacancy concerned that remains unexpired at the date of his or her appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment to that special committee on the expiry of the said period.
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(7) A member of a special committee shall hold office as a member of that committee for such period as the Minister and the Council determine.
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(8) (a) A member of a special committee appointed by the Minister may resign from office by notice in writing given to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date on which the Minister receives the notice.
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(b) A member of a special committee appointed by the Council may resign from office by notice in writing given to the Council and the resignation shall take effect on the date on which the Council receives the notice.
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(9) The Council may publish any advice received by it from a special committee in such manner as it considers appropriate.
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(10) The Council shall in the performance of its functions take into account any advice given to it by a special committee in so far as it relates to any such function.
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