Food Standards Act 1999

1 (1) This paragraph applies to any advisory committee established under section 5(1). U.K.

(2) Such a committee shall consist of—

(a) a chairman appointed by the appropriate authority from among the members of the Agency;

(b) such other persons as may be appointed by the appropriate authority, after consulting the Agency.

(3) No more than one member appointed under sub-paragraph (2)(b) may be a member of the Agency.

(4) The basic terms of reference of a committee to which this paragraph applies are to carry out the purpose mentioned in section 5(1); but the Agency may, with the approval of the appropriate authority, supplement the terms of reference of any such committee.

(5) In this paragraph “appropriate authority”, in relation to any committee, means the appropriate authority for the part of the United Kingdom for which the committee is established.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 wholly in force at 1.4.2000; Sch. 2 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(2); Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 11.1.2000 for Scotland and for Wales by S.I. 2000/92, art. 2(b); Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2000 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2