Constitution of the Authority

(1) The Authority shall be administered by a Board consisting of ten members as follows, one of whom shall be appointed by the Minister as the Chairperson of the Board, (a) Financial Secretary or his representative; (b) Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry for the time being responsible for ports, or his representatives; (c) eight other members appointed by the Minister from among persons appearing to him to have ability and experience in matters relating to ports, communications, finance, economics and other relevant disciplines. (2) Every member shall be appointed for a period of two years and shall, upon the expiry of his term of appointment, be eligible for re-appointment, but where before the expiry of his term of office, any member ceases to be a member for any reason, the Minister may appoint another person, one of the same description under subsection (1) of this section, to serve the unexpired term of the vacating member. (3) The Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be Secretary to the Board. (4) If any member is unable to attend the meetings of the Board due to illness, or temporary absence from Belize, the Minister may appoint a person to act as member in his place until such member is able to return to his duties. (5) The Minister may at any time, and without stating any reason, revoke the appointment of any member if he considers it expedient to do so. (6) The appointment and termination of office of every member shall be published in the Gazette. 13 (7) The quorum of the Board shall be the Chairperson and any five members.