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Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007

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Constitution of territorial committees

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11(1)A territorial committee is to consist of a chairman, and such other members, as the Secretary of State may appoint.

(2)In this Schedule—

(a)references to executive members of a territorial committee are to the members of the committee appointed from the staff of the Council, and

(b)references to non-executive members of a territorial committee are to the members who are not executive members of the committee.

(3)The chairman of a territorial committee must be a non-executive member of the committee.

(4)In appointing persons to a territorial committee the Secretary of State must secure that a majority of the members of the committee are non-executive members.

(5)Before appointing a person as a non-executive member of a territorial committee the Secretary of State must consult—

(a)the Council Chairman,

(b)except where the appointment is as chairman, the chairman of the territorial committee,

(c)in the case of the Scottish Consumer Council, the Scottish Ministers, and

(d)in the case of the Welsh Consumer Council, the Welsh Ministers,

about the appointment.

(6)A person may be appointed as an executive member of a territorial committee only if the person has been nominated for the appointment by the Council Chairman, after consultation with the chairman of the territorial committee.

(7)In making appointments to a territorial committee, the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of including among the members of the committee one or more persons with experience of work among, and the special needs of, disabled persons.

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