The management team may, and if so directed by the Scottish Ministers shall, appoint committees for such purposes as the management team may determine, subject to such restrictions or conditions as the management team may think fit, or as the Scottish Ministers may direct.

Any committee, but not any sub-committee, appointed under paragraph (1) shall include at least one member of the management team and may include persons, including members of Health Boards, who are co-opted, and may consist wholly or partly of members of the management team of a NHS trust.

Any sub-committee appointed under paragraph (1) may include persons, including members of Health Boards, who are co-opted and may consist wholly or partly of members of the management team or wholly of persons who are not members of the management team.