Cap. 552 Art. 67The Design Advisory Committee.

PART VII

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(1) There shall be a committee known as the Design Advisory Committee.

(2) The Design Advisory Committee shall make recommendations with respect to development applications related to urban conservation areas and major projects and shall consist of a chairperson and two other members appointed by the Minister.

(3) Two members of the Design Advisory Committee shall constitute the quorum at the meetings of the Design Advisory Committee. The chairperson at a meeting shall have an original vote and, in the case of equality of votes, a casting vote. There shall also be a secretary of the Design Advisory Committee to be appointed by the Minister and shall have such duties as may be assigned to it by the Design Advisory Committee.

(4) It shall be the function of the Design Advisory Committee to provide professional and expert advice to the Planning Board in relation to design in development applications related to urban conservation areas and major projects.

(5) The Design Advisory Committee shall make available for public inspection any recommendation made by it to the Planning Board.

(6) The Design Advisory Committee may call upon any person to give it expert or professional advice on any matter being dealt by it.

(7) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article and to any Consultants eligible to carry out assessments in relation to matters as specified in this Act not related to environment.

(2) The Registration Board shall be composed of a minimum of three members and a maximum of five members, one of whom shall be the chairperson. The members of the Registration Board shall be appointed by the Minister.

(3) The members of the Registration Board shall be independent members and not involved in any way in the preparation of assessments falling within the jurisdiction of the Registration Board.

(4) The Registration Board shall assess applications for such registrations and approve those that meet the requirements for registration. The Registration Board shall give reasons for its decisions.

(5) The decision of the Registration Board to grant or to refuse an application for registration in the Register kept by the Executive Council shall be notified in writing to the applicant without delay.

(6) The Registration Board may direct the Executive Council to update the Register at such regular intervals as it may deem fit by the inclusion of other disciplines in the Register, which disciplines might have in the meantime evolved.

(7) The decisions of the Registration Board shall be final. An appeal shall lie to the Tribunal only on the grounds that the Registration Board has, in its decision, wrongly applied the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder.

(8) The decision of the Registration Board shall be binding if it is supported by the opinion of a majority of its members, and the dissenting member or members, if any, may express his/their opinion separately, and all decisions of the Registration Board shall be published as soon as practicable after the sitting at which they are given.

(9) The Minister may, after consultation with the Registration Board, make regulations to give better effect to the provisions of this article and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, he may:

(a) establish criteria that applicants are expected to meet in order to qualify for registration;

(b) establish the procedure to be followed by the Registration Board;