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Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1983 (Act No. 9 of 1983)

5. Qualifications of members of board and circumstances in which they vacate office

 

(1) No person shall be appointed as a member of the board
(a) if he is an unrehabilitated insolvent; or
(b) if he has been convicted of any offence and has been sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine.

 

(2) A member of the board shall vacate his office—
(a) if he becomes subject to any disqualification for appointment mentioned in subsection (1);
(b) if he dies;
(c) if he resigns as a member;
(d) if he has absented himself from three consecutive meetings of the board without the leave of the board; or
(e) if he is removed from office in terms of subsection (3).

 

(3) A member of the board may at any time be removed from office by the Minister
(a) on the recommendation of the board or an export group or the South African Agricultural Union;
(b) if he has failed to comply with a condition of his appointment;
(c) if in the opinion of the Minister he has been guilty of improper conduct; or
(d) if in the opinion of the Minister he is unable to perform efficiently his duties as a member of the board.