Section 10. (1) Where under this Act any question relating to a mine is referred to a Committee, the Committee shall consist of

(3) No person employed in or in the management of the mine concerned shall serve as chairman or member of a Committee appointed under this section. (4) Where an owner, agent or manager fails to exercise his power of nomination under sub-section (1), clause (e), 1901.] Mines. 131 (Mining Boards and Committees.—Section 11.) clause (c), the Committee may, notwithstanding such failure, proceed to inquire into and dispose of the matter referred to them. (6) On receiving such report the Local Government may, if the Inspector of Mines, or the owner, agent or manager, has lodged an objection to the decision of the Committee, proceed to review such decision and to pass such orders in the matter as it may think fit. (5) The Committee shall hear and record such information as the Chief Inspector or the Inspector of Mines or the owner, agent or manager of the mine concerned may place before them, and shall intimate their decision to the Chief Inspector or the Inspector of Mines and to the owner, agent or manager of the mine concerned, and shall report their decision to the Local Government, or, where a Mining Board has been constituted, to the Local Government through the Mining Board. (2) The Inspector of Mines shall not serve as chairman or member of a Committee appointed under this section. (7) The Local Government may give directions as to the remuneration (if any) to be paid to the members of the Committee or any of them, and as to payment of the expenses of the inquiry, including such remuneration. 10. (1) Where under this Act any question relating to a mine is referred to a Committee, the Committee shall consist of— (a) a chairman nominated by the Local Government or by such officer or authority as the Local Government may direct; (b) one or more persons qualified by experience to dispose of the question referred to the Committee and nominated by the chairman; and (c) one or more persons equal in number to the person or persons nominated under clause (b) and nominated by the owner, agent or manager of the mine concerned.