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Regulation for
Re-insurance
Advisory Committee
1.
Short title and
commencement
2. Definitions
3. Term of office
4.
Resignation and filling of casual vacancies
5.
Procedure for conduct of the meeting of the Committee
6. Allowances payable to
members
In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 101B,
read with section 114A of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938), the
Authority, in consultation with the Insurance Advisory Committee
constituted under section 25 of the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999), hereby makes the
following regulations, namely--
1.
Short title and commencement
(1)
These regulations may be called the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority (Re-insurance Advisory Committee) Regulations,
2001.
(2)
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the
Official Gazette.
2.
Definitions
In
these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a)
"Act" means the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938);
(b)
"Authority" means the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority established under the provisions of section 3
of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41
of 1999);
(c)
"Committee" means the Re-insurance Advisory
Committee constituted by the Authority with the previous approval of
the Central Government, pursuant to the provisions of sub-section
(1) of section 101B of the Act;
(d)
"Chairman" means the Chairman of any meeting of the
Committee as may be elected from amongst the members present at a
meeting;
(e)
Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;
(f)
"Member" means a member of the Committee;
(g)
"Quorum" means the minimum number of members
required to be present for transacting the business of any meeting
of the Committee, as provided in these regulations;
(h)
"Secretary" means an officer of the Authority
nominated by the Chairperson of the Authority, to act as Secretary
to the Committee;
(i)
"Total strength" means the total number of members
of the Committee existing at the relevant time;
(j)
Words and expressions used in these regulations and not
defined but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning
respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3.
Term of office
(1)
The term of office of members of the Committee may normally be for a
period of three years from their nomination by the Authority.
(2)
All outgoing members may be eligible for re-nomination.
4.
Resignation and filling of casual vacancies
(1)
Any member of the Committee may resign his membership of the
Committee by notice in writing addressed to the Chairperson of the
Authority, to that effect and such resignation shall take effect
from the date on which it is accepted by the Authority.
(2)
Any casual vacancy in the Committee whether caused by resignation,
death or otherwise, shall be filled by nomination by the Authority
with the previous approval of the Central Government, and any such
person so nominated to fill the casual vacancy shall hold office
until the expiry of the term of office of the member in whose place
he is nominated.
5.
Procedure for conduct of the meeting of the Committee
(1)
Meetings of the Committee--The
committee may meet as often as may be considered necessary at such
places within India at such times as may be decided by it.
(2)
Notice of the meeting--Notice
of any meeting of the Committee shall be sent along with the agenda,
by the Secretary to every member, at least seven days before the
date appointed for a meeting. The
notice and agenda may be delivered to the members personally upon
acknowledgement or despatched by registered post or courier service
or transmitted through any other secure and reliable modern means of
communication, as may be recognised by any law for the time being in
force. Any item not
included in the agenda of a meeting may be taken up with the
approval of the chairman of the meeting.
(3)
Quorum of the meeting--Three
members shall constitute quorum for meeting:
PROVIDED
that where at any time, the total strength of the Committee is three
or less than three (however not less than two), two members shall
constitute quorum for a meeting.
(4)
Adjournment of a meeting--If
the requisite quorum is not present within half an hour of the
appointed time for a meeting, the member or members present shall
adjourn to such time on the same day or at such time and date as may
be decided by the member or members present, as the case may be:
PROVIDED
that where at the adjourned meeting also, the quorum is not present,
the members present shall constitute the quorum.
(5)
Chairman--Every meeting of
the Committee shall be presided over by the Chairman, who may be
elected from amongst the members present.
(6)
Decision at a meeting--All
matters required to be decided by the Committee shall be decided by
the majority of the members present.
(7)
Minutes--The minutes as
confirmed by the Chairman shall be entered in the minutes book by
the Secretary, which shall be signed by the Chairman.
The minutes of proceedings of every meeting shall be
circulated by the Secretary, to the members with the approval of the
Chairman of the meeting.
6.
Allowances payable to members
Every
member shall be entitled for attending meetings of the Committee to
travelling and other allowances and reimbursements as under:
(1)(a)
Travelling allowance for journeys from the usual place of
residence or the place of commencement of the journey, within India,
to the place of the meeting and the return to the place of
commencement of the journey, or the usual place of residence, by air
in economy class, and
(b)
Daily allowance at the rate of Rs. 1000 per day on each of
the days of the meeting plus a lumpsum incidental allowance of Rs.
400.
(2)
Suitable halting arrangements at the place of the meeting will be
made by the Authority.
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