| (1) | The Minister may after consultation with the Board appoint so many persons as assessors as he may deem necessary to assist the Director-General in the hearing of any objection in terms of section 91. |
| (2) | The assessors referred to in subsection (1) shall be Persons who in the opinion of the Minister represent the interests of employees and employers, respectively, and to that end the Minister may consult any organisation representing employees or employers. |
| (3) | The number of assessors appointed to represent the interests of employees shall be equal to the number of assessors appointed to represent the interests of employers. |
| (4) | The Minister may in addition to the assessors referred to in subsection (1) appoint one or more medical practitioners, including a medical practitioner appointed under section 2(1)(b), as medical assessors. |
[Section 8(4) substituted by section 6 of Act No. 61 of 1997]
| (5) | An assessor shall be appointed for such period and on such conditions as the Minister may determine, but the Minister may at any time terminate the appointment of an assessor who— |
| (a) | has been guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty; |
| (b) | is not able to perform his functions m terms of this Act properly; or |
| (c) | in his opinion no longer represents the interests on the ground of which he was appointed. |
