Nurses Act, 1961

Appointment and term of office of president of the Board.

7.—(1) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the expiration of every election year, appoint one of the members of the Board to be president thereof.

(2) Where the office of president of the Board becomes vacant, otherwise than by the termination of the term of office of a president, the Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board to be president thereof.

(3) A president of the Board shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns the office of president, or ceases to be president under subsection (5) of this section, hold office as president until the next appointment under subsection (1) of this section after his appointment as president or, in the case of a person who is president by virtue of subsection (6) of this section, after the passing of this Act.

(4) The president of the Board may at any time resign his office as president by letter sent by registered post to the Board, and the resignation shall take effect at the commencement of the meeting of the Board held next after the receipt of the letter if the resignation is not withdrawn in writing before that meeting.

(5) Where the president of the Board ceases during his term of office as president to be a member of the Board, he shall be disqualified for being and shall forthwith cease to be such president.

(6) Where a person held the office of president of the Board immediately before the passing of this Act, he shall notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 16 of the Principal Act, continue to hold that office.

(7) Where the office of president of the Board was vacant immediately before the passing of this Act, the Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board to be president thereof.