Article 4(7).
1.—(1) The Council shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), consist of the chairman of each district council.N.I.
(2) A district council may at any time appoint one of its members as a member of the council in place of a person who is a member under sub-paragraph (1), and, where a person so appointed dies or resigns, the district council which appointed him may appoint another of its members in his place.
(3) A person who is a member of the Council by virtue of being appointed by a district council shall cease to be such a member if he ceases to be a member of that district council.
(4) A member of the Council may resign his membership at any time.
(5) A district council may remove a person appointed by it as a member of the Council and appoint another of its members in his place.
2. [F1Subject to paragraph 1(1A) of Schedule 1,] The Council may regulate its own proceedings.N.I.
3. The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not be affected by any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Council.N.I.
4.—(1) The Council may constitute one or more committees to which it may delegate such of its functions as it may specify.N.I.
(2) A committee constituted under sub-paragraph (1) may include persons who are not members of the Council, but the majority of the members of the committee shall be members of the Council.
(3) The functions and proceedings of any committee constituted under sub-paragraph (1) shall be exercised subject to, or regulated in accordance with, any directions of the Council.
5. The Executive may pay to members of the Council such travelling, subsistence or other allowances as the Department may, with the approval of the Department of the Civil Service, determine.N.I.