(1) The Board of Directors shall consist of the following persons—
(a) four representatives drawn from Ministries engaged in the delivery of Social Services;
(b) a representative from the Ministry responsible for Local Government;
(c) a representative from the Ministry responsible for Finance;
(d) a representative from the Ministry responsible for Communications and Works;
(e) a representative selected from Non-Governmental Organizations;
(f) a representative selected from private sector organizations;
(g) a representative selected from Credit Unions;
(h) a representative selected from Women's groups;
(i) a representative from the National Youth Council.
(Substituted by Act 4 of 2009)
(2) The Directors referred to in subsection (1) shall be appointed by the Minister for such period not exceeding 2 years as may be specified in the instruments appointing them and, subject to subsection (3) and subsection (12), any such Director shall be eligible for reappointment on the expiration of his or her term of office.
(3) A Director appointed under subsections (1)(e) to (1)(h) shall be appointed on the basis of rotation and is eligible for reappointment if there is no other representative of the specified organisations who is willing to serve as a Director of the Fund.
(4) The Minister shall appoint one of the Directors to be chairperson of the Board and the chairperson shall hold office for a period of 2 years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(5) The Directors shall elect from their members a deputy chairperson who shall hold office for a period of 2 years and he or she shall be eligible for reappointment.
(6) Where for any reason, the chairperson is unable to preside at any meeting of the Board—
(a) the deputy chairperson shall preside if he or she is present; and
(b) if the deputy chairperson is absent then the Directors present shall elect one of their members to preside.