s.14Structure of Board
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Section 14Part 3 — The Board

Structure of Board

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Subject to section 105(1) to (4), the directors referred to in section 13(1) shall be appointed by the Cabinet on such terms and conditions as the Cabinet may specify in their instruments of appointment.
Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Board shall consist of eleven individuals being —
the Chair;
nine non-executive members; and
the Chief Executive Officer, as an ex officio executive member.
The number of non-executive members of the Board may be increased by the Cabinet after consultation with the Board, by Order published in the Gazette; but the number of non-executive-members shall only be increased if —
the Office's responsibilities or assigned sectors are extended; and
such an increase in number is necessary to ensure that the requisite plurality of skills among the non-executive members is available to the Board as a whole.
Prior to increasing the number of non-executive members under subsection (3), the Cabinet shall —
have regard to whether the non-executive members together have sufficient experience in each of the regulated sectors; and
consider whether the non-executive members together have the requisite plurality of professional skills as a whole.
The Board shall be deemed to be properly constituted notwithstanding that there is a vacancy in the office of Chair, Deputy Chair or any other Member.

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