[F1Part IIIE+W+S Administration and Finance

Advisory bodiesE+W+S

38 Composition etc. of advisory committees.E+W+S

[F2(1)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1A)The chairman and other members of each regional advisory committee shall be appointed by the appropriate forestry authority.

(1B)A chairman or member appointed under subsection F4... (1A) shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of the instrument by which they are appointed.]

F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)Each regional advisory committee shall consist of not less than seven nor more than [F6twelve] members, and of those members (other than the chairman) not less than four shall be persons appointed by the [F7appropriate forestry authority] after consultation with organisations appearing to them to represent the interests of owners of woodlands and timber merchants respectively and organisations concerned with the study and promotion of forestry.

(4)F8... [F9The appropriate forestry authority may pay to the members of a regional advisory committee,] such allowances as they may with the consent of the Treasury determine.

F10(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]