Section 5: Tenure of office of members of the Board.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a member of the Board shall hold office-
(a) for a period of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for such further periods of three years as the body appointing him may determine; or
(b) where he represents a zone and his appointment is on a yearly basis, until after the annual election in his zone.
(2) A member of the Board, including the chairman, may be removed from office by the Board, by adopting the methods set out in any bye-laws which it may adopt, pursuant to this Act, on the ground of ill health or misconduct or if it is in the interest of the Association or of the public that the member or the chairman should be removed from office.
(3) A member of the Board, including the chairman, may in writing under his hand, resign his appointment by communicating notice of his intention to the Board through the body which he represents and on receipt and approval of the notice by the Board, the resignation shall be deemed to have taken effect, and the body shall then nominate another representative to complete the tenure of the resigning member on the Board.
(4) A body mentioned in section 3 (2) (a) of this Act may withdraw its representative on the Board at any time, by giving notice of its intention to do so to the Board; and on receipt of the notice by the Board the withdrawal shall be deemed to have taken effect, and the body may then appoint another representative who-
(a) shall complete the tenure of the withdrawn member; and
(b) may thereafter be eligible for re-appointment for one further term only.