Agricultural Research Act, 1990 (Act No. 86 of 1990)17. Committees of Council |
(1)
| (a) | The Council may nominate one or more committees, called council committees, which shall, subject to the instructions of the Council, perform such functions of the Council as the Council may determine: Provided that the following council committees shall be appointed: |
| (i) | A council committee which shall, on a continuous basis, evaluate the activities of the ARC against the objects of the ARC; and |
| (ii) | a council committee to monitor the financial affairs of the ARC. |
| (b) | Such a committee shall consist of one or more persons, as the Council may determine, being members of the Council, employees of the ARC, or other experts. |
| (c) | The Council may at any time dissolve a committee referred to in paragraph (b) or decrease or increase the number of its members. |
| (d) | If a committee referred to in paragraph (a) consists of more than one member, the Council shall designate a member of the committee as the chairman thereof. |
(2)
| (a) | The president may nominate one or more committees, called planning committees, which shall— |
| (i) | outline research areas and determine priorities accordingly; |
| (ii) | plan the financing of the envisaged research, development and technology transfer, taking into consideration the available expertise and the economic merits thereof; |
| (iii) | evaluate the progress of research, development and technology transfer projects; |
| (iv) | subject to the instructions of the president, acting after consultation with the Council, perform such other functions as the president may determine. |
| (b) | A committee referred to in paragraph (a) shall consist of one or more members, appointed by the president in his discretion from employees of the ARC, other experts and persons nominated by interested authorities. |
| (c) | The president may at any time dissolve or reconstitute such a committee. |
| (d) | If such a committee consists of more than one member, the members of the committee shall designate a member of the committee as the chairman thereof. |
| (e) | A committee referred to in paragraph (a) may, subject to the instructions of the president, appoint subcommittees. |
| (3) | The ARC may pay to members of any committee referred to in subsections (1) and (2) who are not in the full-time employment of the State, or are not members of the Council or employees of the ARC, such remuneration and allowances as the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, may determine. |
| (4) | The Council or president shall not be absolved from the performance of any function conferred by this section upon any council committee or a planning committee. |