Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 49 of 2000)3. Composition of council |
| (1) | The council consists of the following members, appointed by the Minister, taking into account, among other things, the principles of transparency and representivity— |
| (a) | nme registered persons, excluding candidates, of whom at least three must actively practise in the quantity surveying profession— |
| (i) | who must be nominated by the voluntary associations and any registered person; and |
| (ii) | who must represent the categories of registered persons contemplated in section 18, in the prescribed manner; |
| (b) | two professionals, who are professors or lecturers in quantity surveying at an accredited educational institution nominated by the educational institutions, voluntary associations or registered persons; |
| (c) | three professionals in the service of the State nominated by any sphere of government, of whom at least one must be nominated by the department; and |
| (d) | three members of the public nominated through an open process of public participation. |
| (2) | A maximum of a third of the members of the South African Council for Quantity Surveyors, established in terms of the Quantity Surveyors’ Act, 1970 (Act No. 36 of 1970), who are nominated by that council bearing in mind the composition of the council determined in subsection (1), remain in office for the first term of the council. |