MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

Marginal note:Chairman

• 7. (1) The Chairman shall be appointed to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years, but may be removed by the Governor in Council for cause.

• Marginal note:Duties of Chairman

  (2) The Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Council and may perform such other duties as are assigned to the Chairman by the Council.

• Marginal note:Acting Chairman

  (3) The Council may authorize one of the governors to act as Chairman if the Chairman is absent or incapacitated or the office of Chairman is vacant, but no person so authorized may act as Chairman for a period exceeding ninety days without the approval of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Eligibility of Chairman for re-appointment

  (4) A person who has served two consecutive terms as Chairman is eligible to be re-appointed to the Council but is not, during the twelve months following the completion of the second term as Chairman, eligible to be re-appointed Chairman.

Marginal note:Other governors

• 8. (1) Each of the governors other than the Chairman shall be appointed to hold office during pleasure for such term not exceeding four years as will ensure as far as possible the expiration in any one year of the terms of appointment of fewer than half of the governors so appointed.

• Marginal note:Temporary substitute governor

  (2) In the event of the absence or incapacity of a governor other than the Chairman, the Council may, on such terms and conditions as it may prescribe and after such consultation as is appropriate in the circumstances, appoint a temporary substitute governor, but no temporary substitute governor may serve for a period exceeding ninety days without the approval of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Eligibility of governor for re-appointment

  (3) A person who has served two consecutive terms as a governor appointed under subsection (1) is not, during the twelve months following the completion of the second term, eligible to be re-appointed to the Council, except as Chairman.

Marginal note:Vacancy

9. A vacancy in the membership of the Council does not impair the right of the remaining members to act.

PRESIDENT

Marginal note:Appointment of President

• 10. (1) The President of the Centre shall be appointed by the Governor in Council after consultation with the Council, for a term not exceeding five years.

• Marginal note:Tenure of President

  (2) Every President holds office during good behaviour, but may be removed by the Governor in Council for cause.

• Marginal note:Where appointee is a governor

  (3) Where the person appointed President is a governor, he ceases to be a governor on assuming the office of President.