Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1938

Membership of the Board and term of office of members.

3.—(1) The Board shall consist of five members.

(2) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section, each member of the Board shall from time to time as occasion requires, be appointed by the Minister by order made under this section, and shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns or is removed from office, hold office as such member for a period of five years from the day after the date of the order appointing him, but shall be eligible for reappointment.

(3) Each person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was one of the National Hospital Trustees shall upon such commencement become and be a member of the Board and shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns or is removed from office, hold office as such member for a period of five years from such commencement, but shall be eligible for reappointment.

(4) The Minister may at any time by order remove any member of the Board from that office, and any such removal shall take effect on the day after the date of the order removing such member.

(5) Any member of the Board may, at any time resign his office by a letter sent to the Minister, who shall notify the Board of such resignation, and every such resignation shall take effect at the commencement of the meeting of the Board held next after the receipt of such notification.