Agricultural Wages Act, 1936

The Chairman of the Board.

6.—(1) The Minister shall as soon as may be after the passing of this Act and thereafter as occasion requires appoint a person to be the Chairman of the Board.

(2) The Chairman of the Board shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.

(3) Whenever the Chairman of the Board is through ill-health or other sufficient cause temporarily incapacitated from performing the duties of his office the Minister may nominate from among the neutral members of the Board a person to perform, during such incapacity, the duties of the Chairman of the Board and the person so appointed shall during such incapacity have all the powers of the Chairman of the Board and be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the Chairman of the Board but shall during such incapacity be deemed, for the purposes of section 13 of this Act, not to be an ordinary member.

(4) There shall be paid to the Chairman of the Board such remuneration and such allowances for expenses as the Minister, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, shall appoint.