Board of Directors

(1) The Council shall be managed by a Board of Directors comprising no more than eleven members appointed by the (2) of the appointed members, National Accreditation (a) three shall represent tertiary institutions, two of which shall be nominated by A.T.L.I.B., and one shall be nominated by T.V.E.T.; (b) two shall be nominated by professional associations involving the discipline of education; (c) two shall be nominated by organizations most representative of employers with one being the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry; (d) one representative from the Ministry; (e) two persons nominated by the Minister; and (f) the Executive Director. (3) The appointment of every member of the Board other than the ex-officio, members shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing, and such instrument shall state the period of office of the member which shall not exceed three years. (4) Every member of the Board may be eligible for appointment for a second consecutive term but the period of appointment of such member shall not exceed six years. (5) The Board shall elect a Chairperson and a Vice- Chairperson from among its members. (6) In the case of the absence or inability to act of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson shall perform the function of the Chairperson, and in the case of the absence or inability to act of both the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson, the National Accreditation 10 Council of Belize Minister may appoint any other member to perform the functions of Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson. (7) The Seal of the Council shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Chairperson and any other member of the Board authorised to act in that behalf and such Seal shall be officially and judicially noticed. (8) All documents, other than those required by law to be under seal, made by, and all decisions of, the Board may be signified under the hand of the Chairperson or the Executive (9) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be questioned on account of any vacancy in the membership thereof; and no defect in the appointment of any member of the Board shall vitiate any proceedings thereof. (10) The Board shall have power to regulate its own proceedings. (11) The Chairperson shall preside at meetings of the board, and if the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and the person appointed under subsection (6) of this section, are absent from a meeting, the members of the Council present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting. (12) The quorum of the Council shall be six members. (13) The names of all members of the Board as first constituted and every change in the membership thereof shall be published in the Gazette. (14) Where a casual vacancy occurs on the Board by reason of death, resignation or termination of appointment, the Minister shall appoint another person to fill the vacancy for the period of the unexpired term of the vacating member in the National Accreditation same manner in which the appointments to the Board are required by this Act to be made. (15) An appointed member of the Board may resign his appointment by giving one month’s notice in writing to the (16) The appointment of any person to the Board and the termination of any person whether by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be notified in the Gazette. (17) The Board may pay to its members, other than the Executive Director, such remuneration and allowances as the Minister may determine.