S.L. 627.2 Art. 4Term and termination of mandate.

(1) The members of ENGAGE shall hold such position for three (3) years, and shall be eligible for reappointment as members when their period in office lapses.

(2) A member may at any time resign from his office by informing the Minister in writing.

*Not yet in force.

(3) A member may at any time be removed or suspended from office by the Minister after consultation with the Permanent Secretary as a result of:

(a) proven inability to perform his functions as member of ENGAGE;

(b) proven misbehaviour;

(c) unjustified absence for more than three (3) consecutive meetings; or

(d) if, being a chosen member due to his representative state, he stops from holding that representative state;

(4) Should a vacancy arise further to a resignation or removal or suspension contemplated in sub-regulations (1) or (2) above, the Minister after consultation with the Permanent Secretary shall appoint a member to replace said member who would have resigned or was removed or suspended:

Provided that in the case of members, the new ex officio member appointed to replace the member who would have resigned, or was suspended or removed, would be from the same entity which the member who resigned, or was suspended or removed, represented.