Accreditation committee
4.—(1) The Authority shall constitute an accreditation committee which shall, if authorised to do so by the Authority, take decisions as to–
(a)the award of accreditation, either generally or for any particular purpose or purposes, following application made under article 3;
(b)the subsequent withdrawal or suspension of an accreditation under article 7 or 8; and
(c)the determination of complaints under article 16.
(2) The Authority shall appoint a minimum of two of its members to form the accreditation committee (but it shall not so appoint the convener) and shall appoint one of those members to chair the committee.
(3) The quorum shall be two of the members so appointed, of whom one must be the person appointed to chair the committee, and a decision may be taken by a majority of the members, provided that the person appointed to chair the committee shall, in the event that the votes of the members of the committee are tied, have a second vote.
(4) The validity of any proceedings of the accreditation committee is not affected by the absence of any member appointed under paragraph (2), provided that the number of members present does not fall below two.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Order and to any measure taken by the Authority under paragraph 4(1)(c)(i) of schedule 2 to the 2003 Act(1), the accreditation committee may regulate its own procedure for dealing with any matter before it.
Paragraph 4(1) was substituted by section 13(3)(a) of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.