Inland Fisheries Act 2010
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Term of office of members of IFI. |
14.— (1) The chairperson shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of appointment to the office, as the Minister may determine. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an ordinary member shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of appointment to the office, as the Minister may determine. | ||
(3) Of the ordinary members of IFI first constituted under this section— | ||
(a) 3 of them (selected in accordance with subsection (4)) shall hold office for a period of 3 years from the date of appointment to the office, | ||
(b) 2 of them (selected in accordance with subsection (4)) shall hold office for a period of 4 years from the date of appointment, and | ||
(c) the others shall hold office for a period of 5 years from the date of appointment. | ||
(4) The ordinary members who are to hold office for a period of 3 or 4 years are, at a meeting of IFI held for the purpose, to be selected by— | ||
(a) unanimous agreement of the ordinary members present at the meeting, or | ||
(b) if for any reason unanimous agreement cannot be reached, the drawing of lots by those members, and | ||
this subsection has effect only when all of the first membership of IFI has been appointed. | ||
(5) A person appointed by the Minister under section 13 (1) shall hold office for 5 years from the date of appointment to the office. | ||
(6) Any member of IFI who completes a term of office is eligible for reappointment to IFI, but may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms. | ||
(7) A period of service as a member in accordance with an appointment under section 19 (2) or (3) is considered for the purposes of subsection (6) to be a term of office. | ||
(8) In this section “ordinary member” means a person appointed in accordance with section 12 (1)(b), (c), (d) or (e). |