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South African Weather Service Act, 2001 (Act No. 8 of 2001)

Chapter 8 : Regulatory Control

20. Regulating Committee

 

(1)
(a) The Minister must establish a committee, to be known as the Regulating Committee for Meteorological Services.
(b) In this Chapter any reference to Committee means the Regulating Committee referred to in paragraph (a).

 

(2) The members of the Committee consist of five persons appointed on a part-time basis by the Minister of whom at least three are not officials of any State department.

 

(3)
(a) The Minister must appoint one of the five members as the chairperson of the Committee.
(b) In the absence of the chairperson a member of the Committee elected by members present, must preside at a meeting of the Committee.

 

(4) Members of the Committee contemplated in subsection (1) are appointed in accordance with section 5(3) for a period of three years and are eligible for re-appointment for another final term of three years.

 

(5) The Committee must, after consultation with the Minister, determine the procedure to be followed in the performance of its functions.