SCHEDULE 1Consumer Scotland
Committees
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1
Consumer Scotland may establish committees and sub-committees.
2
The membership of a committee or sub-committee may include or consist of persons who are not members of Consumer Scotland (but those persons are not entitled to vote at meetings).
3
Consumer Scotland may—
a
pay each member of a committee or sub-committee who is not a member of or a member of staff of Consumer Scotland remuneration and allowances (including expenses), and
b
pay, or make arrangements for the payment of, allowances and gratuities to, or in respect of, any person who is or has been a member of a committee or sub-committee who is not a member of or a member of staff of Consumer Scotland.
4
Those arrangements may include—
a
making payments towards the provision of those allowances and gratuities,
b
providing and maintaining schemes for the payment of those allowances and gratuities to, or in respect of, any person who is or has been a member of a committee or sub-committee.
5
The reference in sub-paragraph (3) to allowances and gratuities include allowances and gratuities by way of compensation for loss of office as a member of a committee or sub-committee.