(1) A member of the Board shall hold office for a term not exceeding four years and is eligible for re-appointment for another term only.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre.

(3) A member of the Board may at any time resign from office in writing addressed to the President.

(4) A member of the Board who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without a reasonable cause ceases to be a member of the Board.

(5) The President may by a letter addressed to a member revoke the appointment of that member.

(6) Where a member of the Board is, for a reasonable cause unable to act as a member, the Minister shall determine whether the inability would result in the declaration of a vacancy.

(7) Where there is a vacancy

(a) under subsection (3), (4). (5) or section 9 (2), or

(b) as a result of a declaration under subsection (6), or

(c) by reason of the death of a member, the Minister shall notify the President of the vacancy and tire President shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.