Castle Management Act, 1993 (Act No. 207 of 1993)

4. Constitution of Board

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(1) The Board shall consist of the following members:
(a) A representative of the South African Defence Force appointed by the Minister of Defence;
(b) the officer commanding of the Western Province Command of the South African Defence Force;
(c) a representative of the City Council of Cape Town appointed by that Council;
(d) a representative of the Council of the William Fehr Collection established by section 7 of the Cultural Institutions Act (House of Assembly), 1989 (Act No. 66 of 1989), appointed by that Council;
(e) arepresentative of the Department of Public Works appointed by the Minister of Public Works;
(f) the Executive Director;
(g) arepresentative of the council appointed by the council,
(h) a representative of the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce appointed by that Chamber or its successor in title;
(i) arepresentative of the South African tourism industry appointed by the South African Tourism Board established by section 2 of the Tourism Act, 1993 (Act No. 72 of 1993);
(j) two persons appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Minister of National Education, on account of their respective knowledge of the military history of South Africa and of the management of museums; and
(k) a representative of the provincial legislature for the Province of the Western Cape appointed by that legislature.

 

(2) A chairperson shall be appointed by the council from the members referred to in subsection (1) except the members mentioned in paragraphs (b) and ( f) thereof.

 

(3) Every person who or body which appoints a member under subparagraph (a), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of subsection (1), and each of the members mentioned in subparagraphs (b) and (f) of that subsection, shall appoint a alternate member to act in the place, and exercise all the powers and perform all the functions and duties, of such member at any meeting of the Board which such member is unable to attend.

 

(4) The appointments of members, except those members mentioned in paragraph (b) or (f) of subsection (1), and of alternate members shall take effect simultaneously with the appointment of the chairperson in terms of subsection (2), and shall be for a period of two years.

 

(5) The members mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (f) of section (1) shall serve as such members for as long as they serve in their respective capacities mentioned in those paragraphs.

 

(6) The members shall at the first meeting of the Board, by resolution, elect from among their number a vice-chairperson to exercise the powers and perform the functions and duties of the chairperson at any meeting of the Board which the chairperson is unable to attend.

 

(7) A member referred to in paragraph (a), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (), (j) or (k) of subsection (1), or an alternate member, may, at any time, upon at least two months’ written notice tendered to the Board, and to the person who or body which has appointed him or her, resign from the Board.