Section 3: The Director.

(1) There shall be a Director of the National Library who, subject to subsection (2) of this section, shall be appointed by the Board and shall be a person appearing to the Board to have shown exceptional capacity in the organisation and administration of a library and services comparable to those envisaged by this Act.
(2) A person shall not be appointed as the Director unless his appointment is approved by the Minister.
(3) The Director shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of the instrument by which he is appointed.
(4) Subject to the Board's financial, operational and administrative policy programmes, the Director shall have the general function of organising and managing the National Library and the services provided in pursuance of this Act, and, in particular, the function of directing the activities of the officers and servants of the Board and managing the Board's financial affairs.
(5) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the Director shall be free to manage the National Library as he thinks fit, in accordance with this Act, and the Board shall not interfere with his methods or with the manner in which he deploys the material and human resources of the Board in order to obtain results in accordance with this Act.