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The St. Helena Constitution Order 1988

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22.—(1) There shall be such number of Council Committees as the Governor may from time to time determine.

(2) A Council Committee shall consist of–

(a)such number of persons who are members of the Legislative Council as the Governor, acting after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee, may decide;

(b)such number, if any, of persons who are not members of the Legislative Council as the Governor, acting after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee, may decide:

Provided that at any one time the majority of the members of a Council Committee shall be persons who are members of the Legislative Council.

(3) There shall be a Chairman of each Council Committee who shall be a member of the Legislative Council.

(4) The Chairman and the other members of a Council Committee shall be appointed by the Governor, acting in accordance with the following provisions of this section, by notice in the Gazette.

(5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7) of this section, the Governor shall appoint as Chairman of a Council Committee such member of the Legislative Council as shall have been nominated for that office by the votes of a majority of the Elected Members of the Legislative Council:

Provided that if in the judgment of the Governor it would be in the public interest to appoint as Chairman of a Council Committee a member of the Legislative Council other than the nominee the Governor may appoint that other member.

(6) If, within such period as the Governor in his discretion considers reasonable, no person has been nominated in accordance with subsection (5) of this section for the office of Chairman of a Council Committee, the Governor shall, acting in his discretion, forthwith appoint a member of the Legislative Council as Chairman of that Committee.

(7) The Governor may, acting in his discretion, appoint anEx-officio Member of the Legislative Council as Chairman of any Council Committee.

(8) The Governor shall appoint the members of a Council Committee other than the Chairman after consultation with the Chairman of that Committee.

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