13Acting directors

13 Acting directors

(1)  For the purposes of this section, a director is absent if he or she –

(a) is absent from duty; or

(b) is otherwise unable to perform the functions of the office of a director.

(2)  The Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, may appoint a person to act as a director of the Corporation if the chairperson or a director referred to in section 9(1)(c) is absent.

(3)  The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (2) unless he or she has ensured that the person recommended has the experience and skills necessary to act as a director of the Corporation.

(4)  The appointment or other employment of a person to act as a director if the chairperson is absent is not an appointment to act in the position of chairperson.

(5)  While a person appointed or otherwise employed to act as a director is acting as a director that person is taken to be a director.

(6)  The appointment or other employment of a person to act as a director terminates when the absent chairperson or director resumes the performance of his or her functions as director.