Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)Chapter 2 : Board of Authority12. Termination of Board membership |
| (1) | The Minister may, after having afforded a member of the Board a reasonable opportunity to make submissions in writing, terminate that member’s membership of the Board if that member has— |
| (a) | failed to immediately declare any conflict of interest as contemplated in section 11; |
| (b) | repeatedly and knowingly disregarded or contravened any code of ethics contemplated in section 10 or any other applicable law; or |
| (c) | failed to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board or a Board committee without the permission of the Chairperson or of the Board or the Chairperson of the relevant Board committee. |
| (2) | The Minister must, when terminating the membership of a member of the Board, in writing, inform both the Board and that member of the reasons for that termination. |
| (3) | If a member of the Board at any time during his or her term of office becomes disqualified to be a Board member on any of the grounds contemplated in section 8, that member— |
| (a) | must immediately in writing inform the Minister and the Chairperson of the Board of that disqualification, and once the Minister has been so informed he or she must forthwith in writing remove that member from the Board; and |
| (b) | may not attend a Board meeting or a Board committee meeting from the time he or she has so become disqualified until he or she is removed by the Minister. |
| (4) | A member of the Board may resign by giving one month’s notice in writing to the Minister. |
| (5) | The termination of membership of the Board or resignation from the Board does not in any way prevent or influence the institution or continuance of proceedings against the person whose membership of the Board was terminated or who resigned from the Board, as the case may be. |