The Charities Board shall establish four committees for the purpose of exercising the Board’s functions in relation to applications by charities for grants in respect of appropriate activities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively.

In sub-paragraph (1)—

• “appropriate activities” means activities in relation to which the Charities Board consider it appropriate to delegate their functions to a committee established under that sub-paragraph, and

• “charities” includes institutions such as are mentioned in paragraph (b) of the definition of “charitable expenditure” in section 44(1).

Subject to sub-paragraph (1), any function of the Charities Board may be exercised by any committee of theirs authorised by them (whether generally or specially) for that purpose.

A committee of the Charities Board shall consist of a chairman and two or more other members.

Subject to sub-paragraph (6), all the members of a committee of the Charities Board shall be members of the Board.

In the case of a committee other than one established under sub-paragraph (1), any member other than the chairman may be a person who is not a member of the Charities Board but is appointed to the committee by the Secretary of State at the Board’s request.