(1) A regional planning council shall consist of such number of members as the Minister may from time to time specify in each case by notice in the Gazette.
(2) The Minister shall ensure that the membership in terms of subsection (1) will, in his opinion, most effectively represent the local authorities and the main activities and interests within the region.
(3) The members of the regional planning council shall be appointed by the Minister: Provided that the Minister may from time to time authorize any local authority or other authority to appoint such number of members as he may direct.
(4) A member of the regional planning council shall hold office at the pleasure of the Minister or authority that appointed him, as the case may be.
(5) A regional planning council may appoint a committee consisting of such number of members of that council, being not less than three, and, if it thinks fit, such other persons, not being members of the council, as it may determine and may delegate to that committee such powers as that council may determine:
Provided that—
(i) a regional planning council may not delegate to any such committee the power to adopt the regional plan or any alteration thereto;
(ii) any such delegation may at any time be amended or withdrawn by the regional planning council but any such amendment or withdrawal shall not invalidate anything done in pursuance of a decision lawfully taken by the committee before the date of such amendment or withdrawal.
(6) Subject to this section, a regional planning council shall be governed by such provisions as may be prescribed and by such additional provisions as the Minister may in any particular case fix.