law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  15. Procedure for
  
  Scientific Committee and Scientific Panel. - 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  members of the Scientific Committee, who are not members of the Scientific
  
  Panel and the members of the Scientific Panel shall be appointed by the Food
  
  Authority, for a period of three-years, which shall be renewable, for such
  
  period, and the vacancy notice shall be published in the relevant leading
  
  scientific publications and on the Food Authority's website for a call for
  
  expressions of interest.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Scientific Committee and the Scientific Panel shall each choose a Chairperson
  
  from amongst their members.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Scientific Committee and the Scientific Panel shall act by a majority of their
  
  members and the views of the members shall be recorded.
  4.     
  
  
  
    The
  
  procedure for the operation and co-operation of the Scientific Committee and
  
  the Scientific Panel shall be specified by regulations.
  5.     
  
    These
  
  procedures shall relate in particular to-
  a.      the number of times
  
  that a member can serve consecutively on a Scientific Committee or Scientific
  
  Panel;
  b.     the number of members
  
  in each Scientific Panel;
  c.      the procedure for
  
  re-imbursing the expenses of members of the Scientific Committee and the
  
  Scientific Panel;
  d.     the manner in which
  
  tasks and requests for scientific opinions are assigned to the Scientific
  
  Committee and the Scientific Panel;
  e.      the creation and
  
  organisation of the working groups of the Scientific Committee and the
  
  Scientific Panel, and the possibility of external experts being included in
  
  those working groups;
  f.      the possibility of
  
  observers being invited to meetings of the Scientific Committee and the
  
  Scientific Panel;
  g.     the possibility of
  
  organising public hearings; and
  h.      quorum of the
  
  meeting, meeting notice, agenda of the meeting and such other matters.