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Geoscience Act, 1993 (Act No. 100 of 1993)

18. Chief Executive Officer of Council

 

(1)

(a) The Board shall with the concurrence of the Minister appoint a Chief Executive Officer of the Council.
(b) The Chief Executive Officer of the Council shall hold office for a period not exceeding five years, but shall be eligible for reappointment.

 

(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for the management and the  performance of the functions of the Council by virtue of this Act and such functions as may be assigned to him or her by the Board or the Minister in terms of the provisions of this Act or by the provisions of this Act or any other law, and shall report on such matters as the Board or the Minister may determine.

 

(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall perform his or her functions contemplated in subsection (2) in accordance with the policy and goals determined by the Management Board and subject to the control of the said Board.

 

(4) Whenever the Chief Executive Officer is unable to carry out his or her duties or perform his or her functions for any reason, or whenever there is a vacancy in the office of Chief Executive Officer, the Board, after consulting the Minister, may appoint a person to act as Chief Executive Officer during such inability, or until an Chief Executive Officer has been appointed in terms of subsection (1), and that person shall, while so acting, have all the powers and perform all the functions of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

(5) The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed on such conditions, including conditions relating to the payment of remuneration, allowances, subsidies and other benefits, as the Board may determine in accordance with a system approved from time to time by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.

 

[Section 18 substituted by section 18 of Act No. 16 of 2010]