INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS ACT, 1946

FIRST SCHEDULE. Rules Relating to the Council.

Rules Relating to the Council.

Section 6.

Term of office.

1. The ordinary members of the Council shall go out of office on the next quinquennial appointment of ordinary members.

Casual vacancies.

2. Whenever the membership of the Council (excluding the ex-officio members) is less than fifty, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Industrial Research Committee and with the approval of the Council, appoint a person to be an ordinary member of the Council until the next quinquennial appointment of ordinary members or for a shorter period.

Eligibility of outgoing members.

3. The outgoing ordinary members of the Council shall be eligible for reappointment.

Resignation.

4. An ordinary member of the Council may resign by letter addressed to the Minister, and the resignation shall have effect on the date on which the Minister receives the letter.

Removal.

5. The Minister may remove an ordinary member of the Council from office.

Annual meeting.

6. The Council shall, in every year commencing after the holding of its first meeting, hold a meeting (in these rules referred to as the annual meeting) on such date as the Council shall appoint.

Chairman and vice-chairman

7. (1) The Council shall, at its first meeting, at every annual meeting and as occasion requires, elect one of its members to be chairman and another of its members to be vice-chairman.

(2) The person elected to be chairman or vice-chairman shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office until the election of his successor.

(3) The chairman and vice-chairman shall be eligible for re-election.

(4) The chairman or vice-chairman may at any time resign his office by letter addressed to the Council and the resignation shall take effect at the commencement of the meeting of the Council held next after the receipt of the letter by the Council.

(5) If the chairman or vice-chairman ceases to be a member of the Council he shall cease to be chairman or vice-chairman.

(6) If, at the election of chairman or vice-chairman there is an equality of votes for two or more persons, one of those persons shall be elected by lot.

Procedure at meetings.

8. (1) At a meeting of the Council—

(a) the chairman shall, when present, be chairman of the meeting;

(b) when the chairman is absent or if the office of chairman is vacant, the vice-chairman shall, when present, be chairman of the meeting;

(c) when the chairman and vice-chairman are absent or if the offices of chairman and vice-chairman are vacant, the members of the Council who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting

(2) Every question at a meeting of the Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and, in case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote, save where the question is the election of the chairman of the Council.

(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be such number as the Council may from time to time fix or, if no quorum is for the time being so fixed, fifteen.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of the Council.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Rules Relating to the Industrial Research Committee and the Standards Committee.

Rules Relating to the Industrial Research Committee and the Standards Committee.

Sections 8 and 11.

Appointment of Industrial Research Committee.

1. The first Industrial Research Committee shall be appointed as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act and a new Committee shall be appointed in each third successive year after the year in which the first Committee is appointed.

Appointment of Standards Committee.

2. The first Standards Committee shall be appointed as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act and a new I Committee shall be appointed in each third successive year there-after on the date on which the Industrial Research Committee is appointed.

Disqualification of members of Standards Committee.

3. (a) If a member of the Standards Committee who, when appointed, was a member of the Industrial Research Committee, ceases to be such member, he shall thereby cease to be a member of the Standards Committee.

(b) If a member of the Standards Committee who, when appointed, was not a member of the Industrial Research Committee, becomes such member, he shall thereby cease to be a member of the Standards Committee.

Meaning of “Committee” in subsequent rules.

4. The subsequent rules in this Schedule apply, except where otherwise expressly provided, to the Industrial Research Committee and to the Standards Committee, and the word “Committee” shall be construed therein accordingly.

Term of office.

5. Each Committee shall go out of office on the appointment of its successor.

Casual vacancies.

6. The Minister may appoint persons to fill casual vacancies on a Committee.

Eligibility of outgoing members.

7. The members of an outgoing Committee shall be eligible for reappointment.

Resignation.

8. A member of a Committee may resign by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall have effect on the date on which the Minister receives the letter.

Removal

9. The Minister may remove a member of a Committee from office.

Chairman.

10. (1) Each Committee shall, at its first meeting and as occasion requires, elect one of its members to be chairman.

(2) The person elected to be chairman of a Committee shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office as chairman until the Committee goes out of office.

(3) The chairman of a Committee may at any time resign his office as chairman by letter addressed to the Committee and the resignation shall take effect at the commencement of the meeting of the Committee held next after the receipt of the letter by the Committee.

(4) If the chairman of a Committee ceases to be a member of the Committee he shall thereby cease to be chairman.

(5) If at the election of chairman there is an equality of votes for two or more persons, one of those persons shall be elected by lot.

Meetings.

11. Each Committee shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the performance of its functions.

Procedure.

12. (1) At a meeting of a Committee—

(a) the chairman shall, when present, be chairman of the meeting,

(b) when the chairman is absent or if the office of chairman is vacant, the members of the Committee who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

(2) Every question at a meeting of a Committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote, save when the question is the election of the chairman.

(3) A committee may act notwithstanding vacancies in its membership.

(4) The quorum for a meeting of a Committee shall be such number as the Committee may from time to time fix but, if no quorum is for the time being so fixed, the quorum for the Industrial Research Committee shall be four and the quorum for the Standards Committee shall be three.

(5) Subject to these rules, each Committee shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of the Committee.

Sub-committees.

13. (1) A Committee may from time to time appoint such and so many sub-committees as it thinks proper.

(2) A Committee may delegate to a sub-committee any of its functions, powers and duties which, in its opinion, can be better or more conveniently exercised or performed by a sub-committee, and may regulate the procedure of any such sub-committee.

(3) A sub-committee of either Committee shall consist of so many members as the Committee thinks proper and may, at the discretion of the Committee, consist exclusively of persons who are members of the Committee or partly of persons who are members of the Committee and partly of any of the following persons—the Director, members of the other Committee, members of the Council, members of the staff of the Institute.

(4) The decisions of a sub-committee shall be subject to confirmation by the Committee, save where the Committee dispenses with the necessity for confirmation.