Territorial Extent and Territorial Application Northern Ireland Part 1: the National Consumer Council Section 2: The territorial committees
32.Subsection (1) permits the Scottish Consumer Council, the Welsh Consumer Council, and the Northern Ireland Postal Services Committee (“the territorial committees”) to exercise certain functions of the Council, on behalf of the Council, within their territories.
33.Subsection (2) provides that the Council may impose restrictions or conditions on the way in which the territorial committees exercise their functions, or may give general or specific directions to the territorial committees in relation to the exercise of their functions. It may do this for the purposes of facilitating or improving co-ordination in the carrying out of the Council’s functions.
34.Subsection (3) provides that, despite the powers granted to the territorial committees under subsection (1), the Council may concurrently exercise any of its functions specified in that subsection.
35.Subsection (4) sets out additional purposes of a territorial committee. These are to provide advice and information to the Council about consumer matters in the relevant area for which the committee is established; the provision of advice to the Council about the exercise of its functions to the extent that they affect the relevant area; and such other purposes as the Council may determine.