Tenure of office and remuneration of the Board5
1
Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the chairman and each representative member of the Board shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of their respective appointments.
2
At the end of the period of appointment, the chairman and each representative member shall continue to hold office until the appointment of his successor takes effect.
3
The chairman or a representative member may resign from office by notice in writing to the Secretary of State and, upon his resignation, shall send a copy of the notice to the secretary to the Board and (except where he was appointed pursuant to regulation 4(8)) the organization by whom he was nominated for appointment.
4
The Secretary of State may remove the chairman or any representative member from office if—
a
he has without reasonable excuse failed adequately to carry out his functions as chairman or representative member (as the case may be), provided that –
i
he has been given written notice warning him that, unless within a specified period his performance in a specified respect has improved to a specified extent, or to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, he may be removed from office at the end of that period; and
ii
at the expiry of the period specified in the notice, his performance in the respect specified has not improved to the extent required;
b
without reasonable excuse, he has been absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board;
c
he has been convicted (whether before or after his appointment or nomination) of a criminal offence and that conviction is not spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 19743;
d
he is an undischarged bankrupt or his estate has been sequestrated and it has not been discharged, or he has made an arrangement with his creditors, or he is subject to a bankruptcy restriction order;
e
he is disqualified from acting as a company director;
f
he has failed to comply with the terms of his appointment or nomination; or
g
he is otherwise unable or unfit to carry out his functions as a representative member or (as the case may be) as chairman.
5
The Secretary of State shall inform the appropriate nominating organization of her intention to remove a representative member pursuant to paragraph (4).
6
The Secretary of State shall consult the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland before removing the chairman pursuant to paragraph (4).
7
The Authority shall pay to the members of the Board, and any persons invited to attend a meeting of the Board, such remuneration and allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.
8
The Board shall appoint an employee of the Authority to be the secretary to the Board.