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Coal Act 1938

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3For subsection (3) of section five there shall be substituted the following subsections :—

“(3)A committee of investigation may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their number.

(3A)The Board of Trade shall cause to be constituted a panel of persons suitable to exercise the functions of the chairman of any committee of investigation in the event of the chairman of any such committee being unable to act on the investigation of any complaint, and in such an event a person shall, in such manner as the Board may direct, be selected from the panel to act as the chairman, and a person so selected for the investigation of any complaint shall, in relation to that investigation, be deemed to be the chairman of the committee, and references in this section to ' the chairman' shall be construed accordingly.

(3B)Upon the occasion of the appointment of a member of a committee of investigation as a representative of any interest, the Board shall, after consultation with such bodies as appear to them to represent that interest, appoint two persons, one of whom shall, in the event of that member being unable to act on the investigation of any complaint, be selected in such manner as the Board may direct to act as the member of the committee representative of that interest and a person so selected for the investigation of any complaint shall, in relation to that investigation, be deemed to be the member of the committee representative of that interest, and references in this section to ' the members' shall be construed accordingly.

(3C)The chairman shall be present at every meeting of a committee of investigation. Any such committee may take evidence on oath, and for that purpose the chairman shall have power to administer an oath. Any evidence taken by a committee shall, except in so far as it relates to any particular business or undertaking or unless the committee for any special reason otherwise decide, be taken in public, and the decision of the committee upon every complaint shah be delivered in public. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the meetings and procedure of every committee of investigation shall be regulated in accordance with rules made by the Board of Trade for the purpose.”

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