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Appointment of members and cessation of membership. | 
6.—(1) The first appointment of members shall be made as soon as may be after the passing of this Act. | 
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(2) There shall be a new appointment of members to take effect on the 1st day of January in every fifth year after the year in which the first appointment takes effect. | 
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(3) The existing members shall go out of office on the appointment of their successors. | 
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(4) An outgoing member may be re-appointed. | 
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(5) A member may resign by letter addressed to the Minister. | 
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(6) The nominator of a member may request the Minister to remove him from office and the Minister shall comply with the request. | 
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(7) A member who is required to be a member of a local authority shall, if he ceases to be such, thereupon cease to be a member of the Council. | 
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(8) A vacancy on the Council shall be filled by the Minister on the nomination of the nominator of the person whose cessation of membership caused the vacancy. |