| (1) | There is hereby established a committee called the Legal Deposit Committee, consisting of— |
| (a) | the heads of the places of legal deposit referred to in section 6(1); |
| (b) | the head of the Government Printing Works; |
| (c) | one representative for all provincial official publications depositories, designated by the Minister in the prescribed manner; and |
| (d) | two representatives of the publishing industry, designated by the Minister in the prescribed manner: |
Provided that the regulations prescribing the manner of designation shall apply the principles of transparency and representivity.
| (2) | The Minister may appoint no more than four additional members to the Committee in the prescribed manner to represent other interested parties, including representatives of library and information services. |
| (3) | The Minister shall, in consultation with the various interest groups, such as the publishers and the library and information services sector, appoint one of the members in the prescribed manner as chairperson of the Committee to serve for a renewable term of three years. |
| (4) | The object of the Committee is to coordinate and promote the implementation of this Act. |
| (a) | advise the Minister on any matter dealt with in this Act; |
| (b) | make recommendations to the Minister concerning any regulations which the Minister may make under this Act; |
| (c) | co-ordinate the tasks earned out by the various places of legal deposit in respect of legal deposit; |
| (e) | establish subcommittees or working groups when necessary to investigate any matter dealt with in this Act and to execute any tasks relating to the implementation of this Act and to co-opt persons to such subcommittees or working groups for the duration of the investigation or task; and |
| (f) | report to parliament on the activities and financial affairs of the places of legal deposit in accordance with the provisions of the Reporting by Public Entities Act, 1992 (Act No. 93 of 1992). |
| (6) | No remuneration shall be payable to the members of the Committee or the members of its subcommittees or working groups other than such reasonable travel and subsistence costs as the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance may determine within the limits of the approved budget of the Committee, its subcommittees and working groups. |
