Section 16: Disciplinary powers of the Council

(1) There shall be established a body to be known as the Surveyors Disciplinary Committee (hereafter in this Act referred to as "the Disciplinary Committee") which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining any case referred to it by the panel established by the following provisions of this section and any other case of which the Disciplinary Committee has cognisance under the following provisions of this Act.
(2) The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of the president of the Council and ten other members of the Council appointed by the Council of whom not less than four shall be members of the Council holding office by virtue of paragraph (c) of section 2 (1) of this Act or where the number of those members is for the time being less than four, all those members.
(3) There shall be a body to be known as the Surveyors Investigating Panel (in this Act referred to as "the Investigating Panel") which shall be charged with the duty of-
(a) conducting a preliminary investigation into any case where it is alleged that a person registered has misbehaved in his capacity as a surveyor or should for any other reason be the subject of proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee;
(b) deciding whether the case should be referred to the Disciplinary Committee; and
(c) submitting a report on any action taken by the Investigating Panel to the Disciplinary Committee.
(4) The Investigating Panel shall be appointed by the Council and shall consist of seven members of the Council.
(5) The registrar shall act as secretary to the Disciplinary Committee.
(6) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall, so far as applicable to the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel respectively, have effect with respect to those bodies.