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Regional Services Councils Act, 1985 (Act No. 109 of 1985)

8. Tenure of office and remuneration of chairman and members

 

(1) Subject to the conditions determined by the Administrator, the chairman of a council shall be appointed for a period not exceeding five years at a time, but shall at the expiration of his term of office be eligible for reappointment.

 

(2)

(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) and of subsection (3), a member of a council shall hold office for a period of five years, but shall at the expiration of his term of office be eligible for renomination.
(b) Every member of a council shall vacate his office on the day fixed in terms of section 7 (1) of the Constitutional Affairs Amendment Act, 1985, in respect of the local body, which nominated him.

 

(3) A member of a council shall vacate his office—
(a) if he resigns;
(b) when he ceases to be a member of the local body which nominated him;
(c) when the local body which nominated him withdraws his nomination,

in which case a person shall be nominated in terms of section 6 (2) for the unexpired portion of his term of office.

 

(4) The remuneration and allowances of the chairman, the deputy chairman, the members of the council and members of a committee referred to in section 10A who are not members of the council shall be determined by the Administrator with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.

 

 


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