Building (Scotland) Act 2003

31 Building Standards Advisory Committee

(1) There is to continue to be a committee, to be known as the Building Standards Advisory Committee, for the purpose of—

(a) advising the Scottish Ministers on the exercise of their functions under this Act,

(b) keeping under review the operation of regulations under this Act and making recommendations to the Scottish Ministers in connection with the regulations, and

(c) advising the Scottish Ministers on any question relating to their functions under this Act which they may refer to the committee.

(2) The members of the committee are to be appointed by the Scottish Ministers after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests concerned.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision—

(a) as to the constitution and procedure of the committee,

(b) requiring the committee to submit to them reports as to the exercise of its functions.

(4) The Scottish Ministers may pay—

(a) to the members of the committee—

(i) such remuneration, and

(ii) such allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred in the performance of their duties,

(b) to persons attending meetings of the committee at the committee’s request, such allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred in connection with such attendance,

as the Scottish Ministers may determine.