(1) Without prejudice to subsection (1) of section 8, the following Sectorial

Research Co-ordinating Committees of the Council are hereby established under the office of the Director-General-

(a) Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Co-ordinating Committee;

(b) Health and Medicine Research Co-ordinating Committee;

(d) Social Sciences Research Co-ordinating Committee; and

(e) Environmental Research Co-ordinating Committee.

(2) The Committees established under subsection (1) shall consist of such persons and perform such functions subject to subsection (3) of this section as the Council may determine.

(3) Each Sectoral Research Co-ordinating Committee shall be responsible to the Council for the effective co-ordination nation-wide of research and development activities by organisations and individuals within the relevant sector.

(4) The Council may create, reconstitute, merge or dissolve any Sectoral Research Co-ordinating Committee.