Law Practitioners Act 1982 No 123 (as at 01 August 2008), Public Act

  • repealed
  • Law Practitioners Act 1982: repealed, on 1 August 2008, by section 349 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1).
15 Committees and other bodies
  • (1) The Council may from time to time appoint an executive committee consisting of members of the Council.

    (2) The Council may also from time to time appoint any standing or special committee, or any other body, with such name as the Council may determine; and any person may be appointed to any such committee or body, whether or not he is a practitioner.

    (3) The Council, or the President or a Vice-President of the Society acting on behalf of the Council, may from time to time refer any matter to any committee or body appointed under this section for consideration or inquiry or management.

    (4) The Council may from time to time delegate to any such committee or body any of the Council's powers and functions other than the power to borrow money, the power to make rules, and this power of delegation.

    (5) A committee or body to which any delegation is made under this section may, without confirmation by the Council but subject to any general or special directions of the Council, exercise or perform the delegated powers or functions in like manner and with the same effect as the Council could itself have exercised or performed them.

    (6) Any delegation under this section may at any time be revoked or varied by the Council; and no such delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power or function by the Council.

    (7) Until any such delegation is revoked, it shall continue in force according to its tenor.

    Compare: 1955 No 101 s 119(2)