Children's Health Act 2018
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Conditions of office of members of Board | ||
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17. (1) A person shall not be qualified for office and a member shall cease to be so qualified and shall cease to hold office if he or she— | ||
(a) is adjudicated bankrupt, | ||
(b) is convicted of an indictable offence, | ||
(c) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, | ||
(d) is the subject of an order under section 160 of the Companies Act 1990 or a disqualification order within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014 , | ||
(e) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment by a court of competent jurisdiction, | ||
(f) is removed by a competent authority for any reason (other than failure to pay a fee) from any register established for the purpose of registering members of a profession. | ||
(2) A member of the Board who does not, for a consecutive period of 6 months, attend a meeting of the Board ceases at the end of that period to hold office unless the failure to attend was due to illness or unless the absence was approved by the chairperson with the consent of the Minister. | ||
(3) (a) A member may resign from the Board by letter sent to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect from the date specified in the letter, or the date on which the Minister receives the notice, whichever is the later. | ||
(b) A member who resigns from the Board by letter sent to the Minister should, no later than at the time of notifying the Minister, notify the chairperson of his or her intention to resign. | ||
(4) The Minister may, at the request of the Board or following consultation with the chairperson, remove at any time a member from office if— | ||
(a) the member has become incapable through ill-health of performing his or her functions; | ||
(b) the member has committed stated misbehaviour; or | ||
(c) the removal of the member appears to the Minister to be necessary for the effective performance by the Board of its functions. |