Cap. 512 чл. 10Establishment and composition of the Enterprise Consultative Council.

(1) There shall be a Council, to be called the Enterprise

Consultative Council.

(2) The Council shall be a consultative and advisory body to the Government through the Minister, having a distinct legal personality, and shall consist of the following:

(a) a Chairperson, who shall be the Minister;

(b) sixteen (16) other members representing theentities or Ministries responsible for enterprise or whoseremit is relevant to the sector, namely:

(i) the Department responsible for Commerce;

(ii) Malta Enterprise;

(iii) the Authority responsible for Competition and Consumer Affairs;

(iv) the Directorate responsible for Policy within the Ministry responsible for the Economy;

(v) the Economic Policy Division within the Ministry responsible for Finance;

(vi) the Department responsible for Local Government;

(vii) the Ministry responsible for Gozo; (viii)the Authority responsible for Tourism;

(ix) the Authority responsible for Planning;

(x) the Ministry responsible for Rural Affairs;

(xi) the National Statistics Office;

(xii) the Commissioner for Revenue; (xiii)the Ministry responsible for Education;

(xiv) the Authority responsible for the Environment and Resources;

(xv) the Registry of Companies Agency;

(xvi) Business First;

(c) ten (10) members nominated by representative from constituted bodies, namely the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Chamber of SMEs, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, the Gozo Business Chamber, the Gozo Tourism Association, the Malta Employers’ Association, the National Council of Women, the Maltese Association of Women in Business, the Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs, and the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners; and

(d) the Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, ex officio.

(3) For each of the members nominated in accordance with sub-article (2)(b), (c), and (d), there shall be an equal number of substitute members representing those same sectors or organizations and who shall have the right to attend meetings in the absence of the nominated members.

(4) The term of office of the members shall be of one year.

(5) The Council may act notwithstanding any vacancy amongst its members provided that there is a quorum present at the meeting.

(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act, and of any regulations made thereunder, the Council shall appoint a sub-committee to be known as the Small Business Advisory Committee, which shall be made up of persons selected from the business community with experience of running different types of micro enterprises or having worked with small businesses.

(7) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, make regulations regarding the procedures to be adopted by the Council, including the quorum for meetings, the filing of casual vacancies, loss of mandate and substitution of members. For the purpose of this article, a quorum shall be made up of an equal proportion of representatives from both sectors, with a minimum of ten representatives.