Marginal note:Committee established

• 25. (1) There is hereby established a committee, to be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee, consisting of a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and not more than three other members, to be appointed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Full- or part-time

  (2) The Committee Chairman is a full-time member of the Committee and the other members may be appointed as full-time or part-time members of the Committee.

• Marginal note:Tenure of office

  (3) Each member of the Committee shall be appointed to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years but may be removed for cause at any time by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Re-appointment

  (4) A member of the Committee is eligible for re-appointment on the expiration of the member’s term of office.

• Marginal note:Eligibility

  (5) No member of the Force is eligible to be appointed or to continue as a member of the Committee.

• Marginal note:Salary of full-time members

  (6) Each full-time member of the Committee is entitled to be paid such salary in connection with the work of the Committee as may be approved by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Fees of part-time members

  (7) Each part-time member of the Committee is entitled to be paid such fees in connection with the work of the Committee as may be approved by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Expenses

  (8) Each member of the Committee is entitled to be paid reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by the member while absent from the member’s ordinary place of residence in connection with the work of the Committee.

• Marginal note:Benefits of full-time members

  (9) The full-time members of the Committee are deemed to be employed in the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act and to be employed in the federal public administration for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and any regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act.

Marginal note:Committee Chairman

• 26. (1) The Committee Chairman is the chief executive officer of the Committee and has supervision over and direction of the work and staff of the Committee.

• Marginal note:Absence or incapacity

  (2) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Committee Chairman or if the office of Committee Chairman is vacant, the Minister may authorize the Vice-Chairman to exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Committee Chairman.

• Marginal note:Delegation

  (3) The Committee Chairman may delegate to the Vice-Chairman any of the Committee Chairman’s powers, duties or functions under this Act, except the power to delegate under this subsection and the duty under section 30.