| (1) | The Board shall consist of— |
| (a) | the Director-General or an officer contemplated in section 2(1)(a) or (b) designated by him or her, who shall act as chairperson; |
| (b) | two persons appointed by the Minister, one of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the Minister of Health; |
| (c) | the Chief Inspector of Occupational Health and Safety or his or her nominee; |
| (d) | one person as a member and one person as an alternate member appointed by the Minister from a list of the names of not more than three persons nominated in order of preference by The Rand Mutual Assurance Company Limited; |
| (e) | one person as a member and one person as an alternate member appointed by the Minister from a list of the names of not more than three persons nominated in order of preference by the Federated Employers' Mutual Assurance Company Limited; |
| (f) | two persons as members and up to two persons as alternate members appointed by the Minister from a list of the names of not more than six persons nominated in order of preference by the South African Medical and Dental Council; |
| (g) | three persons as members and up to three persons as alternate members appointed by the Minister to represent the interests of all employers from a list of the names of not more than ten persons nominated in order of preference by employers' organisations; |
| (h) | five persons as members and up to five persons as alternate members appointed by the Minister to represent the interests of all employees from a list of the names of not more than sixteen persons nominated in order of preference by employees' organisations. |
| (2) | An assessor may not be appointed as a member or an alternate member of the Board. |
| (3) | An alternate member may attend and take part in the proceedings at any meeting of the Board whenever the member in whose stead he or she has been appointed as an alternate member, is absent from the meeting. |
[Section 11 substituted by section 8 of Act No. 61 of 1997]
