(1) For the purpose of this Act there is hereby established a Board to be styled the Central Library Board hereinafter called “the Board” and composed of 5 members appointed by the Governor General of whom one member shall be nominated by the Castries Corporation and of such other members as may be co-opted by the Board under subsection (2).
(2) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor General, co-opt as members for a stated period not exceeding 12 months, persons with expert knowledge or experience required by the Board in the discharge of its duties. The total number of members thus co-opted shall at no period exceed 3.
(3) The period of service of members of the Board appointed by the Governor General shall be 2 years, but any member may be reappointed by the Governor General.
(4) Any member of the Board may resign his or her seat by letter addressed to the Governor General, and the Governor General may at any time revoke any nomination which he or she has made.
(5) Any member of the Board who has not, on 31 December in each year, attended at least 1/3 of the meetings of the Board during the preceding 12 months or during his or her tenure of office in such months, shall be considered to have vacated his or her seat on the Board, unless he or she has been absent owing to ill-health or with the leave of the Governor General.
(6) In case of the absence on leave or owing to ill-health of any member of the Board, the Governor General may appoint any person similarly qualified to act in his or her stead.