s 18 Commission may establish committee
(1) The Commission may establish such committee as it considers necessary or expedient to assist it in the performance of its functions under this Act. (2) The Commission may appoint any person to be a member of any committee established under subsection (1). (3) A committee established under this section may elect any of its members to be chairman and may regulate its own procedure and, in the exercise of its powers under this subsection, such committee shall be subject to and act in accordance with any direction given to the committee by the Commission. (4) Meetings of a committee established under this section shall be held at such times and places as the chairman of the committee may, subject to subsection (3), determine. (5) A committee may invite any person for the purpose of advising it on any matter under discussion to attend any meeting of the committee but the person so invited shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting. (6) The members of a committee or any person invited to attend any meeting of a committee may be paid such allowances and other expenses as the Commission may determine. (7) Section 5 shall apply to a member of a committee established under this section in the same manner as it applies to a member of the Commission.