| (1) |
The Executive Director may only be removed from office on the ground of misconduct, incapacity or incompetence— |
| (a) |
on a finding to that effect by a Committee of the National Assembly; and |
| (b) |
the adoption by the National Assembly of a resolution calling for that person’s removal from office. |
| (2) |
The National Assembly may adopt a resolution contemplated in subsection (1)(b) with a supporting vote of at least two thirds of its members. |
| (a) |
may suspend the Executive Director from office at any time after the start of the proceedings of a Committee of the National Assembly for the removal of that person; and |
| (b) |
must remove the Executive Director from office upon adoption by the National Assembly of a resolution calling for the Executive Director’s removal. |
| (4) |
The Minister may allow the Executive Director, at his or her request, to vacate his or her office— |
| (a) |
on account of continued ill-health; or |
| (b) |
for any other reason which the Minister deems sufficient. |
| (5) |
The Executive Director must address the request contemplated in subsection (4) to the Minister, at least six calendar months prior to the date on which the Executive Director wishes to vacate his or her office, unless the Minister grants a shorter period in a specific case. |
[Section 6A inserted by section 2 of Notice No. 628, GG43385, dated 3 June 2020]
Statistics Act, 1999
