S.L. 623.10 Art. 3Appointmentofthe Council members.

(1) The Council shall be appointed by the Minister and shall consist of the following:

(a) a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson, who shall be independent members chosen from amongst persons of known integrity and with knowledge of and experience in matters related to the building and construction industry:

Provided that the Deputy Chairperson shall have all the powers and perform all the functions of the Chairperson during the Chairperson’s temporary absence or the inability of the Chairperson to carry out his functions;;

(b) not less than seven (7)and not more than fifteen

(15) members, being not more than one representative from each of the interested national constituted bodies, recognised by COUNCIL

the Minister by means of notice published in the Gazette;

(2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Chairperson as the case may be, remove any member from the Council for reasons of misconduct, or lack of attendance, or inability to perform the functions of a member.

(3) In the event that a member is removed from office in terms of sub-regulation (2), the Minister shall appoint another member from the national constituted body represented by the member being replaced, provided that the term of office shall terminate by the end of the appointment of the original member being replaced.

(4) Any entity that is not represented on the Council, may, through a request made to the Board, demand to be added in the list of the national constituted bodies.

(5) The Minister, after consultation with the Council and the Board, may accept the request made in accordance with sub-regulation

(4) if it is evident that such an entity has an interest in being involved in the discussions according to the objectives of the Act, and the member representative of the entity shall thus be appointed to form part of the Council:

Provided that from time to time, the Minister may add other entities to form part of the Council to widen the forum and participation of stakeholders to enhance the scope of the Council in terms of the Act.