Duration of membership of Board

(1) Every member of a Board other than the ex-officio member shall hold office for one calendar year, and the first Board set up under this Act in each licensing district shall hold office until 31st December in the year following that in which the Board is set up, but any member of a Board, other than the ex-officio member, may at any time resign from his membership of the Board or be removed therefrom by the local Authority. (2) The local Authority may appoint persons to fill any vacancy occurring on any Board by reason of death, resignation or removal, or temporary absence, but– (a) any person appointed to be a member of a Board in place of a member who has died or 8 resigned his membership of that Board or has been removed from office, shall hold office during a period equal to the unexpired portion of the term of office of the last-mentioned member; or (b) any person appointed to act as a member of a Board during the absence of a member shall hold office during the period of such absence. (3) Any person ceasing to be a member of any Board shall be eligible for re-appointment thereto.