Farriers (Registration) Act 1975

1 (1) The Investigating Committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Council and five other members of the Council elected from among themselves by members of the Council.

(2) Of the said five other members so elected at least one shall be a practising farrier or shall previously have been actively engaged in carrying out farriery for a period of not less than five years.

(3) The first election of the members of the Investigating Committee, other than the Chairman, shall be held at the first meeting of the Council following the appointed day; thereafter ordinary elections of the members of the Investigating Committee, other than the Chairman, shall be held at the first meeting in each year of the Council and any election to fill a casual vacancy occurring among those members shall be held at the next meeting of the Council after the vacancy occurs.

(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Investigating Committee shall be three.

(5) At any meeting of the Investigating Committee the Chairman of the Council, or in his absence such member of the Committee as the Committee may choose, shall be Chairman. The Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

(6) The functions of the Investigating Committee may be exercised notwithstanding vacancies in its membership, and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by any defect in the election of a member.

(7) A member of the Investigating Committee shall upon ceasing to be a member of the Council also cease to be a member of the Committee.

(8) The Investigating Committee shall meet at such interval before a meeting of the Disciplinary Committee as the Chairman of the Council may determine and at such time and place as he may determine.