Pharmacy Act 1954

Section 7.

FIRST SCHEDULEThe Statutory Committee

Constitution

1(1)Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-paragraph, the Statutory Committee (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as " the committee ") shall consist of six members, of whom one, who shall be chairman, shall be appointed by the Privy Council, and of whom five shall be appointed by the Council.

(2)If by reason of illness or other infirmity the chairman becomes temporarily incapable of performing the duties of his office, the Privy Council may appoint another person to be a member of the committee and to act in the place of the chairman ; and in relation to any period during which any person is appointed under this sub-paragraph, any reference to the chairman of the Statutory Committee in any enactment (other than the foregoing provisions of this Schedule) shall be construed as a reference to that person.

2A person may be appointed to be a member of the committee whether he is or is not a member of the Society or of the Council, but—

(a)the chairman shall be a person having practical legal experience ; and

(b)if, on the occurrence of a vacancy among the members appointed by the Council, none of the remaining members so appointed is a pharmaceutical chemist resident in Scotland, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a pharmaceutical chemist so resident.

3(1)Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-paragraph, a member of the committee, other than a person appointed under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule, shall hold office for a period of five years, and a person appointed under the said sub-paragraph (2) shall hold office for the period (not exceeding six months) for which he is appointed; and any member shall be eligible for re-appointment at the expiration of his period of office.

(2)Any member of the committee may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing of his resignation—

(a)in the case of a member appointed by the Council, to the registrar;

(b)in any other case, to the Clerk of the Privy Council;

and the body by whom a member of the committee is appointed may remove the member from his appointment for inability to perform his duties or for misbehaviour.

Procedure

4(1)The quorum of the committee shall be three, of whom the chairman shall be one.

(2)The committee may act by a majority of the members present, and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote.

5(1)The committee may make regulations as to the procedure to be followed by the committee in exercising the jurisdiction conferred upon it by this Act and the Act of 1933, but no such regulations shall come into operation until they are approved by the Privy Council.

(2)The Privy Council may approve any such regulations with or without modifications; but where the Privy Council propose to modify any such regulations, they shall give the committee a reasonable opportunity of making observations to the Privy Council on the proposed modifications and shall, before approving the regulations, take into consideration any observations made by the committee by virtue of this sub-paragraph.

(3)The power conferred by this paragraph to approve regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and any statutory instrument approving regulations made under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Expenses

6The Society shall pay to members of the committee such reasonable travelling expenses as are fixed by the Council with the approval of the Privy Council, and may pay to any member of the committee such fees as are so fixed ; and all other expenses of the committee shall be defrayed by the Society.