The Council shall be made up of one chairman and six members. The Minister of Social Affairs shall appoint the chairman and two members as well as two alternates. Four members and four alternates shall be appointed on the recommendation of an electoral assembly made up of organisations working in the children's field. The chairman and the other members of the Council shall function for a term of four years from 1 July. On their first appointment as at 1 July 1998, the term of their office shall be two years for members and alternates appointed by the Minister of Social Affairs.
Members continue until new members have been appointed.
Members may only be eligible for one re-appointment. The deputy chairman shall deputise for the Chairman. Alternates shall attend Council meetings on behalf of members in the event of long-term absence. A permanent secretariat shall be attached to the National Council for Children. The National Council for Children shall lay down its own rules of procedure.