Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)Chapter II The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, Limited22. Chief executive officer |
| (1) | The Minister must after consultation with the board appoint a suitable person as chief executive officer of the Corporation. |
| (2) | A person will be disqualified from being appointed or remaining a chief executive officer if subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) of section 16(3). |
| (3) | The chief executive officer holds office for a period specified in the letter of appointment but not exceeding three years, and may be reappointed upon expiry of that term of office. |
| (4) | The Minister may at any time remove the chief executive officer from office— |
| (a) | if the chief executive officer repeatedly has failed to perform the duties of office efficiently; |
| (b) | if, because of any physical or mental illness or disability, the chief executive officer has become incapable of performing the functions of that office or performing them efficiently; or |
| (c) | for misconduct. |
| (5) |
| (a) | The person who, immediately before the specified date was the chief executive officer of the Atomic Energy Corporation by virtue of appointment in that office under section 11 of the previous Act, will from the specified date until the date on which the appointment of the Corporation’s first chief executive officer under subsection (1) of this section takes effect, act as, and perform the functions imposed by or in terms of this Act on, the Corporation’s chief executive officer. |
| (b) | A person so acting is not precluded from being appointed as the Corporation’s chief executive officer under this section. |