The War Pensions Committees Regulations 2000

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1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

3. 2. Revocation of regulations and abolition of existing committees

4. 3. Committees for England

5. 4. Committee for Wales

6. 5. Committee for Northern Ireland

7. 6. Committees for Scotland

8. 7. Membership, constitution, proceedings, etc of committees

9. 8. Functions of a committee

10. 9. Recommendations and representations

11. Signature

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       SCHEDULE 1

       COMMITTEES IN ENGLAND

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       SCHEDULE 2

       PROCEEDINGS, ETC. OF COMMITTEES

       1. MEMBERS

          1. 1. Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, a member shall hold...

          2. 2. A member may resign from a committee by notice in...

          3. 3. The Secretary of State may remove a member from office...

          4. 4. The Secretary of State may, subject to regulation 7(1), appoint...

       2. CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

          1. 5. The Secretary of State shall appoint a Chairman for each...

          2. 6. The power in paragraph 5 is exercisable both on the...

          3. 7. The committee shall elect a Vice-Chairman from among their number,...

          4. 8. An election of a Vice-Chairman shall be conducted by ballot....

          5. 9. The following shall preside over any committee meeting—

       3. PROCEEDINGS

          1. 10. The committee shall hold a meeting at least twice a...

          2. 11. The Secretary of State shall decide the time and place...

          3. 12. One-third of the members may requisition a meeting by giving...

          4. 13. The quorum of a committee shall be one quarter of...

          5. 14. Subject to paragraph 8, a committee shall make decisions by...

          6. 15. Minutes of a meeting shall: (a) be recorded in a...

          7. 16. An official of the Secretary of State may attend any...

       4. SUB-COMMITTEES

          1. 17. A committee may, from among its members, appoint a sub-committee...

          2. 18. A sub-committee shall consist of no fewer than 3 members...

          3. 19. The committee shall appoint from among its number a Chairman...

          4. 20. Decisions of the sub-committee shall be by a simple majority...

          5. 21. Paragraphs 15 and 16 shall apply to any meeting of...

          6. 22. A sub-committee shall act in accordance with any directions of...

          7. 23. A sub-committee which considers a complaint made to the committee...

13. Explanatory Note