Cap. 582 чл. 9Board of Directors of the Social Care Standards Authority.

(1) There shall be a Board of Directors of the Social Care

Standards Authority, which shall be composed of seven members of whom one shall be the Chairperson and one other the Deputy Chairperson.

(2) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister from among persons who appear to him to be qualified by reason of having professional qualifications or academic qualifications or experience of or shown capacity in, matters relating to social welfare. One of the Board members appointed by the Minister may be a service user of a social welfare service.

(3) The Chairperson of the Authority shall be appointed by the Minister for such period as the Minister shall deem appropriate. The Minister may also designate another member of the Board as deputy chairperson, and the member so designated shall have all the powers and perform all the functions of the Chairperson during his absence or inability to act as chairperson, or while he is on vacation, or during any vacancy in the office of Chairperson; and the Minister may also, in any of the circumstances aforesaid, appoint another person to act as Chairperson and in such case the foregoing provisions shall apply in respect of such person.

(4) A person shall not be qualified to hold office as a member of the Board if he:

(a) is a member of the House of Representatives, or of the European Parliament, or of a Local Council, or a candidate for election to the House of Representatives, or to the European Parliament, or to a Local Council; or

(b) has such a financial or other interest in any enterprise or activity, as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member of the Board; or

(c) is legally incapacitated or interdicted; or

(d) has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; or

(e) has been convicted of a crime affecting public trust or of theft or of fraud or of knowingly receiving property obtained by theft or fraud.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this article, the members of the Board shall hold office for a period of three years.

(6) A member of the Board may, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for reappointment.

(7) A member of the Board may be removed from office by the Minister if, in his opinion, such member is unfit to continue in office; or has become incapable of, or is not, properly performing his duties as a member; or in the event of any of the circumstances which disqualify such person from remaining a member of the Board.

(8) If a member resigns or vacates his office before completing the appointed term, or is removed in terms of the preceding sub-article, the person appointed in his stead shall be appointed for the unexpired period of the original appointment.

(9) In the exercise of its functions the Social Care Standards Authority shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.