62.—(1) The Council shall establish a committee which shall be known as the Veterinary Education and Training Committee, and is referred to in this Act as the “Education Committee”.

(2) The Education Committee shall consist of no fewer than 8 and no more than 11 members of the Council, who shall be appointed by the Council, and shall include the following;

(a) the member of the Council who was appointed to be such member under section 16(1)(a);

(b) one of the members of the Council who was appointed to be such member under section 16(1)(b);

(c) the member of the Council who was appointed to be such member under section 16(1)(d);

(d) each member of the Council who was appointed to be such member under section 16(1)(e);

(e) two of the members of the Council who were appointed to be such members under section 16(1)(h);

(f) the member of the Council who was appointed to be such member under section 16(1)(i);

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Council shall not appoint members of the Education Committee until the Minister has appointed to the Council those members who are so appointed pursuant to section 18(5).

(4) The appointment by the Council of members of the Education Committee shall be made not later than 6 months after the appointment of the members of the Council pursuant to section 18(5).

(5) Subject to this Act, the Council, when appointing each member of the Education Committee, shall specify that his or her term of office as a member of that Committee shall not exceed 4 years and in any event shall not exceed his or her term of office as a member of the Council.

(6) Schedule 4 applies to the Education Committee.