Section 105(2).
1(1)Subject to the following sub-paragraph, the Board shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and not less than 4 nor more than 9 other members so appointed; and all except 2 of the members appointed in pursuance of this sub-paragraph must be, and those 2 or either of them may be, medical practitioners.
(2)The Secretary of State may appoint such persons as he considers are specially qualified for the purpose, whether medical practitioners or not, to be additional members of the Board ; but such a member shall not be entitled to act as a member of the Board in relation to any functions conferred on the Board otherwise than under section 140 of this Act.
2The [1957 c. 20.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 shall continue with the Attendance Allowance Board included in Part II of Schedule 1 to that Act (bodies of which all members are disqualified for membership of the House of Commons) at the place where it was inserted in the Schedule by Schedule 2 to the [1970 c. 51.] National Insurance Act 1970.
3The Board may appoint persons as advisers to the Board on matters on Which in the Board's opinion those persons are specially qualified.
4The Board may refer any individual case for investigation and report to one or more persons specially qualified in the Board's opinion to investigate that case.
5The Board may delegate any of their functions in respect of any individual case to one or more medical practitioners and any functions so delegated shall be exercised by the practitioners in accordance with any directions of the Board.
6The chairman and other members of the Board shall hold office for such period of not more than 5 nor less than 3 years as the Secretary of State may determine; but any member—
(a)shall be eligible for re-appointment from time to time on or after the expiration of his term of office ; and
(b)may by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign office at any time, while remaining eligible for re-appointment.
7The Secretary of State may remove a member of the Board on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.
8Nothing in paragraphs 6 and 7 above applies to an additional member of the Board appointed in pursuance of paragraph 1(2); and each such member shall hold office for such period as the Secretary of State may determine, but the Secretary of State may at any time by notice in writing to the member terminate or alter that period and the member may at any time by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign office.
9The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for securing that such of his officers and servants as he considers to be required for the exercise of the Board's functions are available to act as officers and servants of the Board.
10The expenses of the Board to such an amount as may be approved by the Minister for the Civil Service shall be paid by the Secretary of State.
11There may be paid as part of the expenses of the Board—
(a)to all or any of the members of the Board, such salaries or other remuneration and travelling and other allowances ;
(b)to persons attending their meetings at the request of the Board, such travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time) ; and
(c)to persons appointed advisers to the Board or to whom individual cases are referred by the Board or the exercise of any of the Board's functions is delegated, such fees,
as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.
12Subject to any directions given to them by the Secretary of State, the Board may—
(a)act notwithstanding any vacancy among their members ; and
(b)regulate their own procedure (including the quorum).