Greyhound Racing Act 2019
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Membership of Board | ||
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9. (1) The Principal Act is amended by substituting for sections 7, 8 and 9 the following: | ||
“Constitution of Board | ||
7. (1) The membership of the Board shall consist of— | ||
(a) a chairperson, and | ||
(b) 8 ordinary members, | ||
who have, in the opinion of the Minister, experience of or shown capacity in matters relevant to the functions of the Board. | ||
(2) The Minister shall, insofar as practicable and having regard to the relevant experience of the persons concerned, ensure an equitable balance between men and women in the composition of the membership of the Board. | ||
Members of Board | ||
8. (1) The Minister shall appoint the members of the Board, having regard to Government policy and procedures. | ||
(2) Of the ordinary members of the Board— | ||
(a) one or more than one shall be a veterinary practitioner of at least 5 years standing, and | ||
(b) one or more than one shall be a person with a detailed knowledge of the greyhound industry. | ||
(3) The chairperson of the Board shall hold office for the period of 5 years from the date of his or her appointment. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (4), an ordinary member of the Board shall hold office for the period of 3 years from the date of his or her appointment. | ||
(5) On the commencement of section 9 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 any member of the Board with less than 3 years service on the Board from his or her first or subsequent appointment, shall continue as a member of the Board until he or she has served 3 years. | ||
(6) A person who has served 2 consecutive terms of office as a member of the Board is not eligible for re-appointment. | ||
(7) A member of the Board to whom subsection (4) applies may, subject to subsection (5), be eligible to be re-appointed as an ordinary member of the Board under this section. | ||
(8) A member of the Board, subject to this Act, holds office upon such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, expenses and allowances) as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, determines. | ||
(9) If a member of the Board dies, resigns, ceases to be qualified for office and ceases to hold office, or is removed from office, the Minister may appoint a person to be a member of the Board to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned. | ||
(10) A person appointed to be a member of the Board under subsection (8) holds office for that period of the term of office of the member who occasioned the casual vacancy that remains unexpired at the date of his or her appointment and is eligible for reappointment as a member of the Board for one term of office on the expiry of that period. | ||
(11) Where a member of the Board, whose term of office has expired, has not been reappointed or may not be reappointed by virtue of having served 2 consecutive terms, the member shall continue in office until the vacancy occasioned by him or her is filled by the appointment of another person. | ||
(12) The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership. | ||
Conditions of office of members of Board | ||
9. (1) The Minister may at any time remove a member of the Board from office for stated reasons including if, in the opinion of the Minister— | ||
(a) the member— | ||
(i) becomes incapable through ill health of effectively performing his or her duties, or | ||
(ii) breaches the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies or other such codes or policy documents that may issue from time to time by a member of the Government, | ||
or | ||
(b) the removal is necessary for the effective performance of the functions of the Board. | ||
(2) A member of the Board may resign from office by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation takes effect when the Minister receives the letter. | ||
(3) A member of the Board ceases to hold office if— | ||
(a) he or she is adjudicated bankrupt, | ||
(b) he or she makes a composition or arrangement with a creditor, | ||
(c) he or she is convicted of an offence under the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 or an offence involving cruelty to an animal or relating to animal welfare, | ||
(d) he or she is the subject of an exclusion order, | ||
(e) he or she is convicted of an indictable offence in relation to a company or an existing company (within the meaning of the Companies Act 2014 ), | ||
(f) he or she is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, | ||
(g) he or she is sentenced to a term of imprisonment by a court of competent jurisdiction, or | ||
(h) he or she is the subject of an order under section 842 of the Companies Act 2014 .”. | ||
(2) Section 2 of the Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Act 1993 is repealed. |