S.L. 117.39 Art. 13Third party expert advisor.

A farm advisory service provider may, at its discretion, use the services and expertise of third party expert advisors. In any event where the farm advisory service provider makes use of third party expert advisors, the farm advisory service provider shall, for the purpose of this engagement, enter into a written contract of service with such expert advisors and shall send a copy of this contract to the Board, together with the application form, for its approval, in accordance with these regulations:

Provided that expert advisors engaged under a contract of service shall, for the duration of the recognition and with regard to the beneficiaries and the Board, have the same status, rights and obligations as expert advisors engaged with the farm advisory service provider under a contract of employment.