Quantity Surveying Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 49 of 2000)5. Term of office of members of council |
| (1) | The term of office for members of the council is four years, but members continue in office until the succeeding council is duly constituted. |
| (2) | Subject to section 42(11), a member of the council may not serve for more than two consecutive terms of office. |
| (3) | Despite subsection (1), the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, after consultation with the council, extend the period of office of all the members of the council for a period of six months, but he or she may only extend the period of office twice. |
| (4) | Despite subsection (1), the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, after consultation with the council, terminate the period of office of a member or all the members of the council. |
| (5) | The Minister may only act in terms of subsection (4) if a new member of a new council has been appointed, on nominations invited by the Minister in the manner provided for in section 4, to take over the functions of the member or the council concerned. |