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Geoscience Act, 1993 (Act No. 100 of 1993)

15. Board Committee

[Heading of section 15 substituted by section 15 of Act No. 16 of 2010]

 

(1) The Board may establish a Committee, which shall, subject to the directions of the Board, during the periods between meetings of the Board perform such functions of the Board as the Board may determine from time to time.

 

(2) The Committee shall not be competent, except in so far as the Board may otherwise direct, to set aside or vary a decision of the Board.

 

(3) The Committee shall consist of the chairperson and the deputy chairperson of the Board, and as many, but not fewer than two, other members of the Board as the Board may determine.

 

(4) The chairperson or in his or her absence the deputy chairperson of the Board shall be the chairperson of the Committee.

 

(5) The provisions of section 17(3) and (4) shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of meetings of the Committee.

 

(6) The Board shall not be discharged from responsibility for the performance of any function entrusted to the Committee in terms of this section.

 

(7) The Board may vary or set aside any decision of the Committee.

 

[Section 15 substituted by section 15 of Act No. 16 of 2010]