Power to co-opt members of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee13.

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) the chair of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee may co-opt appropriate persons to act as members of that committee where it is necessary or desirable to do so in order for that committee to be able to dispose of a particular case.

(2)

The power in paragraph (1) is in addition to the power in regulation 11 (7).

(3)

The following persons may not be co-opted as a member of the Statutory Committee—

(a)

a member of the Council;

(b)

a member of the Scrutiny Committee; and

(c)

an employee of the Society.

(4)

The following persons may not be co-opted as a member of the Scrutiny Committee—

(a)

a member of the Council;

(b)

a member of the Statutory Committee; and

(c)

an employee of the Society.