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Membership of Board
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16. (1) The Board shall consist of the following members:
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(a) a chairperson;
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(b) 11 ordinary members.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), the chairperson and ordinary members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister from among persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, have sufficient experience and expertise relating to matters connected with the functions of the Agency to enable them to make a substantial contribution to the effective and efficient performance of those functions.
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(3) One member to be appointed to the Board under subsection (2) shall have experience and expertise relating to enterprise and shall be nominated for such appointment by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
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(4) The Minister, when making appointments to the Board, shall have regard to the objective that not less than 40 per cent of the members of the Board shall be women and not less than 40 per cent of them shall be men.
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(5) The chairperson of the Board shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 4 years from the date of appointment, as the Minister shall determine.
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(6) Subject to subsection (7), an ordinary member of the Board shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 4 years from the date of appointment, as the Minister shall determine.
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(7) Of the ordinary members of the Board first constituted under this section—
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(a) 6 members shall hold office for a period of 2 years from the date of their appointment as such members, and
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(b) 5 members shall hold office for a period of 4 years from the date of their appointment as such members.
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(8) Subject to subsection (9), a member of the Board whose term of office expires by the effluxion of time shall be eligible for re-appointment to the Board.
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(9) A person who is re-appointed to be a member of the Board in accordance with subsection (8) shall not hold office for more than 2 consecutive terms and, in any event, may not serve for a period of more than 8 years.
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(10) The Minister may, prior to the establishment day, designate persons who in his or her opinion comply with the requirements specified in subsection (2) to be the first chairperson or the first ordinary members of the Board.
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(11) If, immediately before the establishment day, a person stands designated under subsection (10), the person shall, on that day, stand appointed as the chairperson or an ordinary member, as the case may be, of the Board.
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