14
No.
of 2013]
Medicines and Allied Substances
(3) Subject to any specific or general directive of the Board, the
Expert Advisory Committee may regulate its own procedure.
(4) The members of the Expert Advisory Committee shall elect
a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from among themselves.
(5) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations
to provide for the composition, tenure and procedure of the Expert
Advisory Committee.
10. (1) The Board may, for the purpose of performing its
functions under this Act, constitute such committees as it considers
necessary and may delegate to the committee such of its functions
as it considers fit.
Committees
(2) The Board may appoint as members of a committee, persons
who are, or are not, members of the Board, except that at least one
member of a committee shall be a member of the Board.
(3) A person serving as a member of a committee shall hold
office for such period as the Board may determine.
(4) Subject to any specific or general direction of the Board, a
committee may regulate its own procedure.
11. Subject to this Act, the Board may, by direction, in writing,
and subject to any terms and conditions as it considers necessary,
delegate to the Director-General any of its functions under this
Act.
Delegation of
functions of
Board
DirectorGeneral
12. (1) The Board shall, with the approval of the Minister,
appoint a Director-General on such terms and conditions as it may
determine.
(2) The Director-General shall be the chief executive officer of
the Authority and shall, subject to the control of the Board, be
responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Authority.
(3) A person shall not be appointed as Director-General unless
the person is a pharmacist.
(4) The Director-General may attend meetings of the Board
and of any committee and may address such meetings, but shall
have no vote.
(5) The Board shall appoint a Board Secretary on such terms
and conditions as it may determine.
(6) The Board may, whenever the Director-General is for any
reason unable to discharge the functions of the Director-General’s