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(1) A member of the Board shall hold office for a term of four years and is eligible for re-appointment but a member shall not be appointed for more than two terms.

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

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

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

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

(6) Where a member of the Board is for a sufficient reason, unable to act as a member, the Minister shall, on the advice of the Board, determine whether the inability would result in a declaration of a vacancy for the unexpired tenure of office of that member.

(7) Where there is a vacancy

(a) under subsection (3), (4) or section 10 (2),

(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 the President shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy.