S.L. 419.3 Art. 5Technical committees.

(1) The Head of the Directorate may, with the agreement of the Minister and of the Authority, establish technical committees in order to provide scientific and technical advice as required by article 16(b)(iii) of the Act in the areas of competence indicated in each relative schedule to this Order.

(2) The members of the technical committees shall be nominated by the Minister on the advice of the Head of the Directorate.

(3) The Head of the Directorate shall chair and co-ordinate the technical committees under his responsibility.

(4) The Head of the Directorate shall not have the right of vote in the technical committees.

(5) The Head of the Directorate shall be responsible for ensuring the competence, impartiality, transparency and independence of the technical committees under his responsibility.

(6) The Minister may, on the advice of the Head of the Directorate, remove, replace or suspend any member of a technical committee if this is considered necessary by the Minister to maintain the requirements stated in subarticle (5). FIRST SCHEDULE Regulatory Affairs Directorate