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Geoscience Act, 1993 (Act No. 100 of 1993)

13. Vacating of office by members of Management Board

 

(1) A member or an alternate member of the Board, except the Chief Executive Officer, shall vacate his or her office if—

[Words preceding subsection (1)(a) substituted by section 13(a) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

(a) he becomes subject to a disqualification contemplated in section 12;
(b) he becomes of unsound mind;

(c)

(i) in the case of a member, he or she has been absent from more than two consecutive meetings of the Board without the leave of the chairperson;
(ii) in the case of the chairperson, he or she has been so absent without the leave of the Board; or
(iii) in the case of an alternate member, he or she has without any reason acceptable to the chairperson been so absent during the absence, or a vacancy in the office, of the member in whose stead he or she was appointed as a member or an alternate member,

unless the Board condones his or her absence on good cause shown;

[Subsection (1)(c) substituted by section 13(b) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

(d) [Subsection (1)(d) deleted by section 13(c) of Act No. 16 of 2010]
(e) he or she ceases to hold the qualification by virtue of which he or she was appointed as a member or an alternate member of the Board; or

[Subsection (1)(e) substituted by section 13(d) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

(f) resigns as a member or an alternate member.

 

(2) The Minister may at any time terminate the period of office of a member of the Board if such member is unable to perform his or her duties or is guilty of misconduct as contemplated in section 12.

[Subsection (2) inserted by section 13(e) of Act No. 16 of 2010]

 

(3) The Minister may on good cause shown dissolve the Board and appoint a new Board within 30 days in accordance with section 4.

[Subsection (3) inserted by section 13(e) of Act No. 16 of 2010]