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Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)

Chapter 2 : South African Legal Practice Council

Part 2 : Operation of Council

18. Committees of Council

 

(1) The Council may—
(a) establish one or more committees, consisting of—
(i) members of the Council only; or
(ii) members of the Council and any other suitable persons except employees of the Council, to assist the Council in the exercise of its powers and performance of its functions; and
(b) dissolve a committee at any time.

 

(2) The Council—
(a) must determine the powers and functions of a committee;
(b) must appoint a member of a committee as chairperson of such committee;
(c) may, after complying with due process of law, remove a member of a committee at any time; and
(d) may determine a committee’s procedure.

 

(3) The Council must, in the rules, determine the procedure for the conduct of meetings of a committee.