(1) |
A member of the Board shall vacate his or her office— |
(a) |
if he or she becomes subject to any disability mentioned in section 10; |
(b) |
if he or she becomes of unsound mind; |
(c) |
if he or she has been absent from more than two consecutive meetings of the Board without leave of the chairperson; |
(e) |
if he or she has been appointed in terms of section 9(2)(b), (c), (d) or (e) or 11(2)(b) and ceases to hold office. |
(2) |
The Minister may at any time remove a member of the Board from his or her office— |
(a) |
after consultation with the nominating or designating authority, where applicable, if sound reasons exist for doing so; or |
(b) |
at the request of the nominating or designating authority. |
(3) |
For the purposes of this section 'nominating or designating authority' means the body which or person who nominated or designated the member of the Board in terms of section 9(2). |
[Section 12 substituted by section 9 of Act No. 14 of 2012]