PART 4

Medical devices
CHAPTER 2

Regulations: information systems, advisory committee

Advisory committee
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1
The Secretary of State may by regulations establish, and make other provision about, a committee to advise the Secretary of State on such matters relating to medical devices as the regulations may specify.
2
The regulations may (among other things) make provision about—
a
the membership of the committee;
b
the establishment by the committee of sub-committees;
c
matters to which the committee may, or must, have regard;
d
cooperation between the committee and the Commission on Human Medicines, and other bodies with expertise in relation to medical devices.
3
The provision mentioned in subsection (2)(a) may include—
a
provision about the number of members, their appointment, and the circumstances in which a person ceases to be a member;
b
requirements as to the independence of members from the Secretary of State;
c
provision about the payment of remuneration and allowances to members.