Communal Land Rights Act, 2004 (Act No. 11 of 2004)Chapter 8 : Land Rights Board27. Disqualification as Board member |
| a) | is not a South African citizen or a permanent resident and is not ordinarily resident the Republic; |
| b) | is an unrehabilitated insolvent; |
| c) | is declared by a court of law to be mentally incompetent or is detained under the Mental Health Act, 1973 (Act No. 18 of 1973), or any other applicable law; |
| d) | has been removed from an office of trust on account of improper conduct; |
| e) | has had his or her name removed from any professional register on account of misconduct and who has not been reinstated; |
| f) | has been determined by a court, tribunal or forum as contemplated by the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (Act No. 4 of 2000), to have contravened section 7 or any other provision of that Act; or |
| g) | is an elected political representative in the national, provincial or local sphere of government. |
| 2) | A member of a Board must vacate her or his office if she or he- |
| a) | becomes disqualified in terms of subsection (1) from being appointed as a member of a Board; |
| b) | resigns by written notice addressed to the Minister; |
| c) | is removed from office by the Minister on reasonable grounds, after consultation with the Board; or |
| d) | has, without the leave of the Board, been absent from two or more meetings of the Board during a continuous twelve-month period. |