9.—(1) The Agency may appoint a panel of persons, who are not members of the Agency, from whom it may from time to time select persons to assist it in the discharge of its functions.
(2) The number of persons which the Agency may appoint under this paragraph shall be determined by the Agency with the approval of the Department and the Department of Finance and Personnel.
(3) The Agency may pay to persons appointed under this paragraph such fees and such allowances for expenses as the Agency, with the approval of the Department and the Department of Finance and Personnel, may determine.