1)         Permanent Working Committees 

(a)       There shall be four (4) permanent working committees of the Council, i.e. Committee on Port Operations & Tariff, Committee on Port Development, Committee on Port Labor Relations and Committee on Port Community Welfare, each headed by a Chairperson and assisted by a Vice-Chairperson.   

(b)        The Chairpersons of the Committee on Port Operations & Tariff and Committee on Port Development shall come from the PPA and designated by the Council Chairperson.  The Vice-Chairperson shall be selected from among the members from the private sector. 

(c)        The Chairpersons of the other permanent committees, i.e. Committee on Port Labor Relations and Committee on Port Community Welfare shall be selected from among the members from the private sector. The Vice-Chairpersons of these committees, on the other hand, shall come from PPA and designated by the Council Chairperson. Where the private sector, however, does not express readiness or is not interested to assume the lead, it shall be incumbent upon PPA to take over with the private sector assuming the second lead.