Establishment and composition of Board

(1) There is hereby established for the purposes of this Act a body to be called the Belize Tourism Board. (2) The Board shall consist of no fewer than five nor more than eight members appointed by the Minister. Of the members, one shall be the Chief Executive Officer to the Ministry for the time being responsible for Tourism, and three shall be appointed from amongst persons who have special qualifications in, and have had experience of, matters relating to hotel management, air travel, public relations, accountancy or banking, or who are engaged in the business of travel agencies. (3) The Minister may appoint some suitable person as a member of the Board to act temporarily in the place of any member of the Board in the case of the absence or inability to act of such member.