| Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 |
| 2005 Chapter 15 - continued |
| SCHEDULE 1, THE SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AGENCY - continued |
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| | PART 3 |
| | COMMITTEES, PROCEDURE ETC. |
| | Committees
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| 15 | (1) SOCA may establish committees.
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| | (2) Any committee so established may establish one or more sub-committees.
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| | (3) Any such committee or sub-committee must be a chaired by a member of SOCA.
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| | (4) A person who is not a member of SOCA may be appointed to any such committee or sub-committee.
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| | (5) If a member of any such committee or sub-committee is neither-
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| | (a) a member of SOCA, nor |
| | (b) a member of its staff, |
| | SOCA may pay to him such remuneration and allowances as it may determine.
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| | Delegation to committees and staff
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| 16 | (1) SOCA may, to such extent as it may determine, delegate any of its functions to any of its committees or to any members of its staff.
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| | (2) Any of SOCA's committees may, to such extent as the committee may determine, delegate any function conferred on it to any of its sub-committees or to any member of SOCA's staff.
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| | Proceedings
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| 17 | (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, SOCA may regulate-
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| | (a) its own proceedings (including quorum), and |
| | (b) the procedure (including quorum) of its committees and sub-committees. |
| | (2) Any determination as to the quorum for meetings of SOCA or any of its committees or sub-committees must be made at a meeting of SOCA that is attended by both the chairman and the Director General.
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| | (3) The quorum for meetings of SOCA shall in the first instance be determined by a meeting of SOCA that is attended by at least five of its members.
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| 18 | (1) The validity of any proceedings of SOCA, or any of its committees or sub-committees, shall not be affected by-
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| | (a) any vacancy among the members of SOCA or the committee or sub-committee; |
| | (b) any defect in the appointment of any of those members or of the chairman or Director General; or |
| | (c) any vacancy in the office of the chairman or the Director General. |
| | (2) The proceedings to which this paragraph apply include those within sub-paragraph (2) (but not (3)) of paragraph 17.
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| | Evidence
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| 19 | Any document purporting to be signed on behalf of SOCA shall be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be taken to be so signed.
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