| (1) |
A survey regulations board (in this section and in section 10 referred to as "the board") is hereby established consisting of— |
| (b) |
three land surveyors appointed by the Minister, who shall be officers in the service of the State; and |
| (c) |
three land surveyors nominated by the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors established by section 2 of the Professional and Technical Surveyors’ Act, 1984 (Act No. 40 of 1984). |
| (2) |
For every member of the board appointed in terms of subsection (1)(b) or nominated in terms of subsection (1)(c), there shall be an alternate member appointed or nominated, as the case may be, in the same manner as the member referred to, and any alternate member so appointed or nominated shall act in the place of the member in respect of whom he or she has been appointed or nominated as alternate member, during the absence of that member or during his or her inability to act as a member of the board. |
| (3) |
If the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors fails to nominate— |
| (a) |
a member for the purposes of subsection (1)(c); or |
| (b) |
an alternate member referred to in subsection (2), |
the Minister shall appoint a land surveyor as a member or alternate member, and any member or alternate member so appointed shall be deemed to have been nominated in terms of subsection (1)(c) or (2), as the case may be.
(4)
| (a) |
A member of the board referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall hold office for the term determined by the Minister, but the Minister may at any time remove that member from office on grounds of misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence. |
| (b) |
A member of the board referred to in subsection (1)(c) shall hold office for a term determined by the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors but not exceeding two years, but that Council may, at any time remove that member from office on grounds of misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence. |
| (c) |
A member of the board whose term of office has expired, may be reappointed. |
| (5) |
Should a member of the board die or vacate office before the expiration of his or her term of office, the Minister or the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors, as the case may be, may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired part of the term for which the member was appointed or nominated. |
| (7) |
The board shall meet not less than once in every two years at such times and places as the Chief Surveyor-General may determine. |
| (8) |
Whenever the Chief Surveyor-General is absent from or unable to preside at any meeting, the members present shall elect one out of their number to preside at that meeting, and the person who is so elected shall for the purposes of that meeting have the same powers and duties as those of the Chief Surveyor-General. |
| (9) |
The quorum for a meeting of the board shall be the majority of its members. |
| (10) |
The decision of the majority of the members present at any meeting shall constitute a decision of the board, and in the event of an equality of votes the chairperson shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| (11) |
A member of the board who is not in the full-time service of the State shall receive in respect of his or her services such allowances as the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance may determine. |
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
