Constitution and duties of the Board

(1) The Board shall consist of the following five persons– (a) the Registrar General or his nominee; (b) the Chief Magistrate; (c) one person representing the mining industry; and (d) two persons approved by the House of Representatives by resolution, to be appointed by the Minister. (2) The Minister shall appoint one of the members to be the Chairperson of the Board. (3) The Inspector shall function as Secretary to the Board. 94 (4) At any meeting of the Board, three members shall constitute the quorum. (5) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he is present, and in his absence the members present and constituting a quorum shall elect one of their members to act as Chairperson of the meeting. (6) The decisions of the Board shall be by a majority of the members present at the meeting and voting. CAP. 94. (7) The practice and procedure of the Board shall, as far as may be, be similar to the practice and procedure of a summary jurisdiction court as specified in Part V of the Inferior Courts Act. (8) The Board shall, as far as practicable, complete its investigation of a complaint, claim or dispute under section 105 within thirty days and communicate its decision to the parties and to the Minister and the Minister shall cause it to be published in the Gazette. CAP. 91. 1962 Volume I. (9) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Board may, within twenty-one days of the notification of the Board’s decision, appeal to the Supreme Court, and the provisions of Part IX of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and Order LXXIII of the Supreme Court Rules made in Subsidiary Legislation at page 271 shall, so far as may be, apply to such appeals. (10) Any amount ordered by the Board by way of compensation or a fine may be enforced in the same manner as if the amount thereof were a judgment debt or in such other manner as the law for the time being allows.