5.—(1) An industrial training board may—N.I.
(a)appoint such committees as appear to it to be appropriate; or
(b)join with one or more other industrial training boards in appointing joint committees consisting of such persons as may be determined by the boards;
and delegate to any such committee, to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be stated in proposals submitted to and approved by the Department, any of the functions conferred on the board by this Order.
(2) An industrial training board shall appoint a committee for the purposes of Article 26(4) and (5) (consideration of decisions on remission).
(3) A committee need not include any member of an industrial training board.
(4) The Department, the Department of Education and, if the Department thinks fit in any particular case, any other government department may each appoint one person to attend meetings of any committee.
(5) Persons appointed under sub-paragraph (4) shall be entitled to participate in the proceedings of the committee and to receive copies of all documents distributed to the members of the committee but shall not have the right to vote in any such proceedings.
(6) A committee may, subject to any directions of the industrial training board, regulate its own procedure and business (and, accordingly, may fix a quorum).