Wages Councils Act 1979

Section 8.

SCHEDULE 3 Provisions as to Advisory Committees

1 (1) Any committee appointed by the Secretary of State at the request of a wages council shall consist of—

(a) a chairman chosen as being an independent person;

(b) persons who appear to the Secretary of State to represent the employers in relation to whom the committee will operate; and

(c) persons who appear to the Secretary of State to represent the workers in relation to whom the committee will operate.

(2) On any such committee the persons appointed under head (b), and the persons appointed under head (c), of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be equal in number.

2 (1) The appointment of a member of any such committee as aforesaid shall be for such term as may be determined by the Secretary of State before his appointment and shall be subject to such conditions as may be so determined.

(2) Where the term for which the members of an advisory committee were appointed comes to an end before the Secretary of State has appointed the persons who are to serve as members of the committee after the expiration of that term, they shall, except so far as the Secretary of State otherwise directs, continue in office until the new appointments take effect.

3 There may be paid to the chairman of any such committee as aforesaid such fees, and to any member of any such committee such travelling and other allowances, as the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service, determine, and all such fees and allowances shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.