16. (1) The Commission may establish one or more committees of the Commission to assist it in the performance of its functions under this Act.

(2) A committee shall consist of such and so many members of the Commission as may be determined by the Commission and shall have an equal number of lay members and members who are members of the judiciary.

(3) The chairperson of a committee shall be the Chief Justice or such one of the members of the Commission, referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of section 9(1), as the Chief Justice shall determine.

(4) A committee shall determine its own procedures.

(5) There may be paid by the Commission such allowances for expenses (if any), incurred by members of a committee who are lay members, as the Commission may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determine.