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115F Terms and conditions of appointment
S. 115F(1) amended by No. 52/2017 s. 46(1).
(1) A director of a board of a multi purpose service holds office for the term, not exceeding 3 years, specified in the instrument of appointment and is eligible for re-appointment, subject to section 115FA.
S. 115F(2) amended by No. 52/2017 s. 46(2).
(2) A director of a board is entitled to be paid expenses incurred in holding office as a director of the board and such remuneration as specified in the instrument of appointment.
S. 115F(3) amended by No. 52/2017 s. 46(3).
(3) A person appointed to a board of a multi purpose service to fill a vacancy which arises otherwise than by expiry of a director's term of office holds office for the remainder of that director's term.
S. 115FA inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 47.
115FA Eligibility for re-appointment
(1) A director of a board of a multi purpose service is only eligible for re-appointment if the combined term of the initial appointment, any re-appointment and any proposed re‑appointment does not exceed 9 consecutive years.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a director may be re‑appointed if the Minister if satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the re-appointment.
(3) This section applies in relation to re‑appointments made on or after the third anniversary of the commencement of this section.
S. 115G inserted by No. 99/1995 s. 6.
115G Removal and resignation
S. 115G(1) amended by No. 52/2017 s. 48.
(1) A director of a board of a multi purpose service may resign by writing signed by that person and delivered to the Governor in Council.
S. 115G(2) amended by Nos 52/2017 s. 48, 34/2019 s. 58(1).
(2) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may remove a director, or all directors, of a board from office.
S. 115G(3) inserted by No. 34/2019 s. 58(2).
(b) the director has been convicted or found guilty of an offence, the commission of which, in the opinion of the Minister, makes the director unsuitable to be a director of a board; or
(c) the director has been absent, without leave of the board, from all meetings of the board held during a period of 6 months; or
S. 115GA inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 49.
115GA Chairperson of board
(1) The board of a multi purpose service may—
(a) elect one of its directors to be the chairperson of the board; and
(b) remove from office the chairperson elected under this subsection.
(2) As soon as practicable after the board of a multi purpose service elects a director to be chairperson or removes the chairperson from office, the board must give written notice to the Secretary of the election or removal.
(a) appoint a director of the board of a multi purpose service to be the chairperson of the board; and
(b) remove from office the chairperson of the board of a multi purpose service, irrespective of whether the chairperson is appointed by the Minister or elected by the board.
(4) As soon as practicable after the Minister appoints a director to be chairperson or removes the chairperson from office (irrespective of whether the chairperson is appointed by the Minister or elected by the board), the Minister must give written notice to the board of the appointment or removal.
S. 115H inserted by No. 99/1995 s. 6.