The Medical Practices Committee shall consist of a chairman, who shall be a medical practitioner, and 5 other members of whom 3 shall be medical practitioners actively engaged in medical practice.

The chairman and members shall be appointed by the Secretary of State after consultation with such organisations as the Secretary of State may recognise as representative of the medical profession.

The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to the appointment, tenure of office and vacation of office of the members of the Committee.

The Secretary of State may provide the services of such officers as the Committee may require.

The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in the membership of the Committee or by any defect in the appointment or qualification of any member thereof.