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171: Chief executive may seek advice from building advisory panel
or “The head of the building department can ask a special group for advice about building rules and problems”
You could also call this:

“The boss must create a group of building experts to give advice, making sure they have different skills and backgrounds.”

The chief executive must create a building advisory panel with experts from the building sector. This panel needs to have at least six members: one person to lead the panel as chair, and at least five other members.

When choosing panel members, the chief executive must tell the public about any open positions so that qualified people can apply. The chief executive needs to make sure the panel members have a wide range of skills and knowledge about things like consumer issues, culture, disability, energy efficiency, health and safety, heritage, and sustainable development.

The chief executive should also make sure the panel represents many different interests, not just one group. They can ask for advice from people who know a lot about the panel’s work when choosing members.

If needed, the chief executive can add extra people to the panel to make sure it has the right mix of skills and represents different interests.

The chief executive decides how long each member stays on the panel. Members can be on the panel for up to three years, and they can be chosen again for one more term. If a member wants to leave the panel, they can do so by writing a letter to the chief executive.

The panel is considered a special type of board under the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. This means the government can pay the panel members for their work and cover their travel costs according to the rules in that Act.

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or “A group of experts gives special help to the boss, but not about the boss's job unless asked.”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Functions, duties, and powers of chief executive generally

172Appointment of building advisory panel

  1. The chief executive must appoint a building advisory panel that—

  2. consists of experts in the building sector; and
    1. has the following members:
      1. 1 person to convene and chair the panel:
        1. no less than 5 other members.

        2. The chief executive must,—

        3. before appointing a member, publicly notify a vacancy in a manner that enables suitably qualified individuals to apply for appointment; and
          1. in appointing a member,—
            1. take into account the need for members of the panel to have among them a breadth of experience and expertise, and knowledge of, or experience in, matters that come within the panel's function (including, without limitation, matters that relate to consumer, cultural, disability, energy efficiency, health and safety, heritage, or sustainable development issues); and
              1. ensure that there is an appropriate balance in the membership of the panel so that the members represent a broad range of interests, rather than the interests of a particular group; and
                1. consult, as the chief executive considers appropriate, persons who have an expertise or interest in matters that come within the panel's function.

                2. The chief executive may, at any time, co-opt suitable persons onto the panel if doing so is necessary for the purposes of subsection (2)(b)(i) and (ii).

                3. The terms on which a member of the panel is appointed are the terms set by the chief executive when appointing the member.

                4. A member must not be appointed for a term that exceeds 3 years, but may be reappointed for 1 more term.

                5. A member of the panel may resign by written notice to the chief executive.

                6. The panel is a statutory board for the purposes of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

                7. There may be paid, out of public money to the members of the panel, remuneration by way of fees, salaries, or allowances, and travelling allowances and travelling expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951, and the provisions of that Act apply accordingly.