15. Committees on accreditation

The Council shall establish committees on accreditation for the purpose of evaluating and analysing working papers and proposals related to accreditation reports or to the accreditation of programmes or qualifications reports.

The Council may elect the Chairman of any such committee established under subsection (1).

The Council may appoint any person to be a member of an accreditation committee.

A member of an accreditation committee shall hold office for such terms and conditions as may be specified in his appointment.

The Council may revoke the appointment of any member of an accreditation committee without assigning any reason for the revocation.

A member of a committee may, at any time, resign by giving notice in writing to the Chairman of the committee.

The Council may, at any time, discontinue the establishment or alter the composition of an accreditation committee.

Subject to this Act, an accreditation committee may regulate its own procedure.

An accreditation committee shall be subject to, and act in accordance with, any direction given to it by the Council.

The meetings of an accreditation committee shall be held at such times and places as the Chairman of the committee may determine.

An accreditation committee may invite any person to attend any of its meetings for the purpose of advising it on any matter under discussion but that person shall not be entitled to vote at the meeting.

This section does not apply to any professional programme or professional qualification referred to in Chapter 2 of Part 4.