Social Security Act 1973

Section 48(1), (2).

SCHEDULE 12 The National Insurance Advisory Committee

PART I Constitution etc. of Committee

1 The National Insurance Advisory Committee (in this Schedule referred to as "the Committee") shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and not less than 6 nor more than 10 other members so appointed.

2 (1) Subject to paragraph 4 below, the chairman and other members of the Committee shall hold office for such period of not more than 5 nor less than 3 years as the Secretary of State may determine ; but any member—

(a) shall be eligible for reappointment from time to time on or after the expiration of his term of office ;

(b) may by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign office at any time, while remaining eligible for reappointment.

(2) In this paragraph, " year " means a period of 12 months.

3 Of the members of the Committee (other than the chairman) there shall be appointed—

(a) one after consultation with organisations representative of employers;

(b) one after consultation with organisations representative of workers;

(c) one after consultation with friendly societies registered under the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1971 or organisations representative of such societies ; and

(d) one after consultation with the Northern Ireland Minister ;

and the Committee shall include at least one person with experience of work among, and of the needs of, the chronically sick and disabled and in selecting any such person regard shall be had to the desirability of having a Chronically sick or disabled person.

4 The Secretary of State may remove a member of the Committee on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

5 The Secretary of State shall appoint a secretary to the Committee, and may appoint such other officers and such servants to the Committee, and there shall be paid to them such salaries and allowances, as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.

6 The Committee may appoint persons as their advisers on matters on which in the Committee's opinion those persons are specially qualified.

7 The expenses of the Committee to such an amount as may be approved by the Minister for the Civil Service shall be paid by the Secretary of State.

8 There may be paid as part of the expenses of the Committee—

(a) to all or any of the members of the Committee, such salaries or other remuneration and travelling and other allowances ;

(b) to persons attending their meetings at the request of the Committee, such travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time); and

(c) to persons who are not members of the Committee but who at the invitation of the Committee act as advisers at meetings of the Committee held to consider matters on which those persons are specially qualified or otherwise, such fees,

as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.

9 The Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy among their members.

10 The Committee may make rules for regulating their procedure (including the quorum).

PART II Regulations requiring prior submission to the Committee

11 Subject to Part III of this Schedule-

(a) regulations under Part I of this Act;

(b) regulations under section 92(3) or 99(9) or (14) of this Act;

(c) regulations under paragraph 14(a) of Schedule 22 to this Act;

(d) regulations under Schedule 26 ; and

(e) regulations under Part IV of the former principal Act.

PART III Regulations not requiring prior submission to the Committee

12 Regulations made by virtue of any of the following provisions of this Act, namely—

(a) paragraph 4 of Schedule 10 ;

(b) paragraph 5 of that Schedule, if the regulations are made only in relation to benefit under the Industrial Injuries Acts.

13 Regulations made for the purpose only of consolidating other regulations revoked thereby.

14 Regulations made under Chapter II of Part I of this Act, or Part IV of the former principal Act, which contain only provisions—

(a) with respect to the determination of such a question as is mentioned in section 84(1)(d) of this Act or section 76(3) of that Act or section 35(2) of the Industrial Injuries Act or section 5(2) of the Family Allowances Act; or

(b) having effect by virtue of section 8(1) to (3) of the Family Allowances Act.

15 Regulations contained in a statutory instrument which states that it contains only provisions in consequence of an order under section 7, 8 or 39 of this Act.

16 Regulations made before the day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 of this Act and regulations under Schedule 26 to this Act made before, or within a period of 12 months beginning with, that day.

17 Regulations contained in a statutory instrument which states that the regulations relate only to matters which, in accordance with this Act (or an enactment directed to be construed as one therewith), have been referred to the Attendance Allowance Board.

18 Regulations in so far as they consist only of procedural rules for a tribunal in respect of which consultation with the Council on Tribunals is required by section 10(1) of the [1971 c. 62.] Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971.

19 Regulations contained in a statutory instrument made within a period of 6 months from the date of the passing of any Act passed after this Act and directed to be construed as one with this Act, where the regulations state that they are made for the purpose only of making provision consequential on the passing of that Act and the Act does not exclude this paragraph in respect of the regulations.