7 “(2) The mayor, the deputy mayor and chairperson of every committee of council shall not be a member of, nor be entitled to attend any meeting, of the audit committee.”. 20 New section substituted for section 100 of Cap. 29:15 Section 100 of the principal Act is repealed and substituted by— “100 Special committees (1) A special committee may at any time be appointed by a council subject to the following provisions— (a) that committee shall be appointed for a specific task and once that committee has submitted a report thereon it shall be dissolved unless reconstituted by the council for further investigation or consideration in connection with the original task; (b) that committee shall be composed of councillors or councillors and persons who are not councillors and any such member of that special committee shall be entitled to exercise a vote; (c) the chairperson of that committee shall be a councillor; (d) the quorum at any meeting of that committee shall be formed by such number of members as the council may determine; (e) a person who is not a councillor shall not be appointed or continue in his appointment as a member of that committee if he or she would, if he or she were a councillor, be disqualified in terms of section 41(1) (b) to (f) from being nominated as or continuing in office as a councillor; (f) no powers shall be delegated by the council to that committee; (2) A special committee shall consist of such number of members, being not less than three, as the council may determine. (4) A special committee— (a) at its first meeting after the appointment of the members thereto— (i) shall, subject to subsection (1)(c), elect one of its members to be chairperson; and (ii) may elect one of its members to be vice-chairperson; and (b) may at any time, if the person elected as chairperson or vice-chairperson ceases to be a member of the special committee, elect a member to replace him or her. (5) No person, other than the members of, and the secretary to, a special committee appointed in terms of subsection (1) and the town clerk, shall be present at a meeting of that committee: Provided that if the chairperson of that committee has invited an employee or other person to attend a meeting in connection with the consideration of any matter, that employee or other person may attend the meeting.”. 7