(Section 3)
1. (1) The members of the Advisory Council, of whom there shall be not more than 11 or less than 7, shall be appointed by the Minister after consultation with such organisations as he or she considers appropriate, and shall include—
(a) in relation to each of the activities specified in (2) at least one person appearing to the Minister to have wide and recent experience of that activity; and
(b) persons appearing to the Minister to have wide and recent experience of social problems connected with the misuse of drugs.
(2) The activities referred to in (1)(a) are—
(a) the practice of medicine (other than veterinary medicine);
(b) the practice of dentistry;
(c) the practice of veterinary medicine;
(d) the practice of pharmacy.
(3) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Advisory Council to be chairperson of the Advisory Council.
2. The Advisory Council may appoint committees, which may consist in part of persons who are not members of the Advisory Council to consider and report to the Advisory Council on any matter referred to them by the Advisory Council.
3. At meetings of the Advisory Council the quorum shall be 4, and subject to that the Advisory Council may determine their own procedure.