Arts Act 2003
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Membership of Council. |
11.—(1) The Council shall consist of the following members, that is to say— | |
(a) a chairperson, and | ||
(b) 12 ordinary members, | ||
each of whom shall, in the opinion of the Minister, have a special interest or knowledge in relation to the arts or matters connected with the functions of the Minister or the Council under this Act. | ||
(2) The members of the Council shall be appointed by the Minister. | ||
(3) The Minister shall, for the purposes of section 16 (2)(b), designate one of the ordinary members of the Council to be deputy chairperson of the Council. | ||
(4) The chairperson of the Council shall hold office for 5 years from the date of his or her appointment. | ||
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the ordinary members of the Council shall hold office for 5 years from the date of their appointment. | ||
(6) Such 6 of the ordinary members of the Council first-appointed after the commencement of this section as the Minister determines shall hold office for 30 months. | ||
(7) Of the members of the Council, not less than 6 of them shall be men and not less than 6 of them shall be women. | ||
(8) Subject to subsection (9), a member of the Council whose term of office expires by the effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment to the Council. | ||
(9) A person to whom subsection (8) applies shall not be eligible for reappointment to the Council where he or she has served 2 consecutive terms of office as a member of the Council. | ||
(10) The members of the Council who held office immediately before the commencement of section 4 shall cease to hold office upon such commencement but any such member shall, subject to subsection (9), be eligible to be reappointed as a member of the Council under this section. |