National Conventional Arms Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 41 of 2002)

Chapter I : Committee, Secretariat and Inspectorate

Purchase

(1)

(a) The Committee consists of such Ministers and Deputy Ministers as the President may appoint.

(b) The President may appoint such other persons to the Committee as the President deems necessary.

(2)

(a)	The President must make the appointment of the members contemplated in subsection (1) known by notice in the Gazette and must specify the period for which each member is appointed.

(b)	The President may renew the appointment of a member of the Committee when the period for which the member was appointed expires.

(3)	The President must designate one member of the Committee as the chairperson and another as the deputy chairperson, such members being Ministers who do not have a line-function interest in trade in controlled items.

[Subsection (3) substituted by section 4 of the National Conventional Arms Control Amendment Act No. 73 of 2008]

(4) A member must vacate office if that member—

(a) resigns by written notice addressed to the President;

(b) is removed from office by the President; or

(5)	The resignation of a member of the Committee in terms of subsection (4)(a) only comes into effect after acceptance by the President.

(6)	If a member of the Committee vacates office before the expiry of his or her period of office, the President may appoint a new member for the unexpired portion of that period.