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52 (3) The advisory bodies for whose assistance the Welsh Authority may arrange under this section include—

(a) any general advisory council appointed by the IBA under section 16(1);

(b) the advisory committee for Wales so appointed under section 17;

(c) any advisory committee whose function is to give to the IBA such advice as is mentioned in section 16(2) (a) or (c);

(d) the Broadcasting Council for Wales appointed by the BBC; and

(e) any other advisory council or committee appointed by the BBC;

but the Welsh Authority shall not arrange for the assistance of an advisory body appointed by the IBA or by the BBC without the consent of the IBA or the BBC, as the case may be.

Finances of Welsh Authority and accounts, audit and reports.

52.—(1) By virtue of section 39(1) sums are payable by the IBA to the Welsh Authority for enabling the Welsh Authority to meet their reasonable outgoings.

(2) Sections 42 and 43(1) and (2) (accounts, audit and reports) shall apply in relation to the Welsh Authority as they apply in relation to the IBA.

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission.

53. The commission named the Broadcasting Complaints Commission shall continue in existence as a body corporate.

(2) The Commission shall consist of not less than three members appointed by the Secretary of State.

(3) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, or being, a member of the Commission so long as he is—

(a) a governor, officer or employee of the BBC or a member, officer or employee of the IBA; or

(b) a person not within paragraph (a) who appears to the Secretary of State to be concerned with, or to have an interest in, the preparation or provision of programmes for broadcasting by the BBC or the IBA (including, in the case of the IBA, programmes consisting of advertisements).

(4) The Secretary of State shall appoint one member of the Commission to be chairman, and may appoint another to be deputy chairman.