Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

PART I CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE

1.  The Committee shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Head of the Department and the following other members—

(a) eight members appointed by the Head of the Department after consultation with such organisations as may be recognised by him as representative of scheduled bodies and admitted bodies respectively; and

(b) eight members appointed as aforesaid after consultation with such organisations as may be recognised by the Head of the Department as representative of the classes of officers of scheduled bodies or admitted bodies affected by the regulations.

2.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5, the term of office of members of the Committee shall be 3 years from the date of their appointment.

3.  The quorum of the Committee shall be 9, or such other number as the Committee may, with the approval of the Department, determine.

4.  The Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their number so long as the number of vacancies does not exceed the number of remaining members.

5.  A casual vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Head of the Department after consultation with the Committee and a person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term of the member in whose place he is so appointed.

6.  A member of the Committee may resign his membership by giving notice in writing, signed by him, to the Head of the Department.

7.  Where any member of the Committee is absent from the meetings thereof for more than 6 months consecutively (except for a reason approved by the Head of the Department) or becomes bankrupt or makes a composition with his creditors or is convicted of an indictable offence, the Committee shall forthwith by resolution declare the office to be vacant and shall notify that fact in such manner as they think fit, and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

8.  A member of the Committee on vacating his office at the expiration of the term thereof shall (subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule) be eligible for re-appointment.

9.  No defect in the appointment of any person acting as a member of the Committee shall vitiate any proceedings of the Committee in which he has taken part.