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Committees of Board
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19. (1) The Board may establish committees, consisting in whole or in part of persons who are members of the Board or members of staff of the Agency or persons who are not such members, to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any of its functions.
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(2) Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (1), the Board may establish the following committees:
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(a) a committee to assist and advise it in relation to audit and risk management functions;
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(b) one or more committees (to be styled “councils”) to advise the Board in relation to particular academic disciplines or fields of research and innovation.
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(3) The Board shall determine the terms of reference and may regulate the procedures of a committee.
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(4) In appointing members of a committee, the Board shall have regard to the knowledge and experience necessary for the proper and effective discharge of the functions of the committee.
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(5) The Board may appoint a member of a committee to be the chairperson of a committee.
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(6) The Board may for stated reasons remove a member of a committee from the committee at any time.
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(7) A committee shall provide the Board with such information as the Board may from time to time require in respect of the activities and operations of the committee for the purposes of the performance by the Board of its functions.
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(8) The acts of a committee (other than a committee whose sole function is to provide advice to the Board) shall be subject to confirmation by the Board, unless the Board otherwise determines.
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(9) The Board may at any time dissolve a committee.
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