Chapter 29:15 URBAN COUNCILS ACT (c) to make model conditions of service for the purposes stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) for adoption by councils; and (d) to make model regulations stipulating the qualifications and appointment procedures for senior officials of councils; and (e) to approve the appointment and discharge of senior officials; and (f) to conduct inquiries into the affairs and procedure of councils; and (g) to exercise any other functions that may be imposed or conferred upon the Board in terms of this Act or any other enactment. (2) In the exercise of its functions in terms of this Act, the Local Government Board may or, where so directed by the Minister, shall— (a) require any council or any councillor, employee or agent of a council to produce any document, book or other record; (b) summon and examine any witness who the Board considers may be able to assist it in the conduct of any inquiry; and (c) obtain information and advice from any council or any employee or agent of any council. (3) For the purposes of any inquiry carried out by it in terms of this Act, the Local Government Board shall have the same powers as are conferred upon commissioners in terms of the Commissions of Inquiry Act [Chapter 10:07], other than the power to order a person to be detained in custody, and sections 9 to 13 and 15 to 19 of that Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to such an inquiry and to any person summoned to give or giving evidence at that inquiry. (4) Any inquiry conducted by the Local Government Board may be conducted in an informal manner and the rules of procedure and evidence applicable in criminal or civil proceedings need not be observed at the inquiry: Provided that the person presiding over the inquiry shall ensure that substantial justice is done. 124 Directions on matters of policy The Minister may give to the Local Government Board such directions of a general character as to the policy to be observed by it in the exercise of its functions as the Minister considers requisite in the national interest. 125 Staff of Local Government Board The Local Government Board, in consultation with the Minister, shall appoint, on such terms and conditions as it may determine, such employees as are necessary to enable the Board to discharge its functions, and the Board may suspend, discipline or discharge any such employees. 126 Validity of acts and decisions of Local Government Board No decision or act of the Local Government Board or act done under the authority of the Board shall be invalid solely because— (a) a person who was not entitled to do so acted as a member when the decision was taken or the act was done or authorized; or (b) there were one or more vacancies on the Board when the decision was taken or the act was done or authorized. 127 Funds of Local Government Board The funds of the Local Government Board shall consist of— (a) such moneys as may be payable to the Board from moneys appropriated for the purpose by Parliament; and (b) any moneys to which the Board may be entitled from time to time. 128 Local Government Board may direct institution of disciplinary proceedings in respect of employees of councils (1) The Local Government Board may, if it considers that there are grounds to suspect that an employee of a council has committed misconduct in terms of his conditions of service, direct the council concerned to institute disciplinary proceedings, and sections one hundred and 44