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Provisions in relation to appointment, terms of office, etc., of members of the Board.
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6.—(1) In this section the word “Governor” means a person who is a member of one or other of the Governing Bodies.
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(2) The Minister shall, before the establishment date, appoint eleven persons (of whom six shall be Governors) to be members of the Board and the term of office of every person so appointed shall commence on the establishment date, and if any such person dies before the establishment date he shall, for the purposes of subsection (5) of this section, be deemed to have died on the establishment date.
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(3) The Minister shall, in each fifth successive year following the year in which the establishment date falls, appoint eleven persons (of whom six shall be Governors) to be members of the Board and the term of office of every person so appointed shall commence on the day next following the date of his appointment.
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(4) Every member of the Board appointed under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section shall unless he sooner dies, or resigns, hold office until the expiration of the day on which the Minister next appoints, in pursuance of subsection (3) of this section, eleven persons to be members of the Board.
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(5) Whenever a member of the Board dies or resigns, the Minister shall, as soon as conveniently may be, appoint another person (who shall, in case the person so dying or resigning was at the date of his appointment a Governor, be a Governor) to be a member of the Board, and the person so appointed shall, unless he sooner dies or resigns, hold office until the expiration of the day on which the Minister next appoints, in pursuance of subsection (3) of this section, eleven persons to be members of the Board.
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(6) A member of the Board whose term of office expires by effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment.
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(7) A member of the Board may at any time resign his office by letter addressed to the Minister and such resignation shall take effect as on and from the date of the receipt of such letter by the Minister.
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(8) Where a member of the Board, who at the date of his appointment was a Governor, ceases to be a Governor, he shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have resigned his office as a member of the Board with effect as on and from the date of such cesser or, if he was appointed under subsection (2) of this section and such cesser occurs before the establishment date, the establishment date.
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(9) The Minister shall consult the Minister for Agriculture before exercising the powers conferred on him by this section.
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(10) The Board may, if it thinks fit, reimburse members for any actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with the business of the Board.
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