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Rules Board for Courts of Law Act, 1985 (Act No. 107 of 1985)

5. Committees of Board

 

(1) The Minister or the Board may establish committees consisting of such members of the Board as may be designated by the Board and such other persons, as if any, as the Minister may appoint for that purpose and for the period determined by him or her.

[Section 5(1) substituted by section 26(e) of Act No. 62 of 2000]

 

(2) The Minister may at any time extend the period of any appointment made by him or her under subsection (1) or, if in his or her opinion there are sound reasons for doing so, terminate such appointment.

[Section 5(2) substituted by section 26(d) and (e) of Act No. 62 of 2000]

 

(3) The Board shall designate a chairperson for every committee and, if the Board deems it necessary, a vice-chairperson.

[Section 5(3) substituted by section 26(a) and (b) of Act No. 62 of 2000]

 

(4) A committee shall, subject to the directions of the Board, perform such functions of the Board as either the Minister or the Board may assign to it.

 

(5) On completion of all functions assigned to it in terms of subsection (4), a committee shall submit a full report thereon to the Board, whereupon the committee shall automatically dissolve.

 

(6) The Minister or the Board may at any time dissolve any committee.

 

(7) The provisions of section 4 shall mutatis mutandis apply to meetings of a committee.