Cap. 445 Art. 37Establishment of Conservation- Restoration (Appeals) Board.

(1) The Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall consist of a chairperson and three other members that shall be appointed by the Minister from amongst persons of known integrity, competence and experience:

Provided that at least one of the members of the Board shall be a person who has practised as an advocate in Malta for a period or periods amounting, in the aggregate, to not less than twelve years.

(2) The members of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall hold office for a period of three years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

(3) The Minister may also appoint a substitute chairperson and substitute members of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board to sit on the said Board whenever the chairperson or members or any one of them is for some valid reason unable temporarily to attend and participate in the sittings of the said Board:

Provided that, as far as practicable, the same chairperson and the same members shall hear and conclude the same case.

(4) A member of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board may only be removed from office by the Minister on the grounds of gross negligence, incompetence, or acts, omissions or conduct unbecoming a member of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board.

(5) The Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall have power to hear and determine appeals on both facts and points of law against a decision or recommendation of the Board made in accordance with article 36.

(6) The sittings of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall be held in camera.

(7) In the exercise of its function the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall have all the powers as are assigned to the First Hall of the Civil Code by the Code of Organization and Civil

Procedure.

(8) Three members of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall constitute a quorum in its meetings.

(9) The decisions of the Conservation-Restoration (Appeals) Board shall be final.