Appointment of expert advisory groups
14.—(1) An advisory body, or the advisory bodies acting jointly, may with the approval of the licensing authority appoint one or more sub-committees, to be known as expert advisory groups.
(2) The licensing authority may direct an advisory body to appoint an expert advisory group to advise on the matters specified in the direction.
(3) An expert advisory group may include, or consist of, persons who are not members of the advisory body or bodies which appointed the expert advisory group.
(4) The advisory body or bodies which appointed the expert advisory group must appoint a member of the group as its chair.
(5) The chair of an expert advisory group may co-opt additional members of the group for the purposes of a meeting.
(6) Before co-opting additional members under paragraph (5) the chair of the group must consult the chair of the advisory body or bodies which appointed the group.
(7) A person co-opted as a member of an expert advisory group for the purposes of a meeting ceases to be a member of the group at the end of the meeting.