S.L. 605.11 Art. 6Board.

(1) The Institute shall be governed by a Board composed of nine (9) members to be appointed in accordance with sub-article

(2) for a period of three years and the members shall be eligible to be re-appointed after their term of office expires.

(2) The members of the Board shall consist of the following:

(a) the Principal Permanent Secretary who shall be ex Chairperson of the Board or his delegate; officio

(b) a member nominated by the Rector of the University of Malta who shall be ex officio co-Chairperson of the Board;

(c) a member nominated by the Board of Governors of the Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology who shall be the Vice-Chairperson of the Board;

(d) two members nominated by the Principal Permanent Secretary;

(e) a member nominated by the University of Malta from amongst experts in Public Administration and Policy;

(f) a member nominated by the Rector from amongst the members of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy of the University of Malta;

(g) two members nominated by the Chairperson in consultation with co-Chairperson and vice Chairperson from amongst experts in management and people relations from the private sector.

(3) The Principal Permanent Secretary shall appoint a secretary to the Board. The secretary so appointed shall not have the right to vote.

(4) The Board may invite experts in specific technical disciplines to help address particular issues. These invited persons shall not form part of the Board and shall not have the right to vote.

(5) A member of the Board may at any time be removed from office by seven (7) members out of all the nine (9) Board members voting in favour of such removal on the grounds of inability to perform the functions of his office as required, either because of mental or physical illness, or for any other reason due to which the member would no longer be fit to occupy such office or due to bad conduct.

(6) A member of the Board may resign from his office through a letter addressed to the Prime Minister and notified to the Chairperson of the Board. If any member tenders his resignation or is removed from his office in accordance with the preceding provision or should the office of any member of the Board become in any manner vacant, the entity/person responsible for appointing the member to be substituted in conformity with sub-article (2) may appoint a qualified person to take up this post and any person who is so appointed shall keep on occupying that post up to the termination of the term of office of the person being so substituted and such person shall be eligible to be reappointed.

(7) The quorum for meetings of the Board shall be six (6) members out of the nine (9) members of the Board.

(8) Any absence or vacancy among the members of the Board or any participation in its meetings by any person who is not entitled to such act, does not invalidate the procedures of the Board, insofar as there is a quorum.

(9) Subject to the provisions of this Order and of any regulations made under the Education Act, the Board shall generally regulate its own procedures.