Section 24: Who is the Executive Director of the National Children Authority?
24.Executive Director
(1)The Authority shall have an officer to be designated the Executive Director.
(2)The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Minister in consultation with the Board and shall hold office upon such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.
(3)The Executive Director shall be a person who has substantial experience in, and knowledge of, children affairs.
(4)The Minister, in consultation with the Board, may remove the Executive Director from office for—
(a)inability to perform the functions of his or her office by reason of infirmity of body or mind;
(b)misbehaviour; or
(c)any other sufficient cause.
(5)Where the Executive Director is temporarily incapacitated by illness or other cause from the performance of his or her functions or where the office of the Executive Director is vacant; the Deputy Executive Director shall act as Executive Director, for the duration of the incapacity or until the vacancy is filled.
(6)Where it is not possible for the Deputy Executive Director to act as Executive Director, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Board, appoint an officer of the Authority qualified in terms of subsection (3) to perform the functions of the Executive Director for the duration of the Executive Director's incapacity or until the vacancy in the office of the Executive Director is filled.
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The government must appoint an Executive Director for the National Children Authority. This person must have deep experience and knowledge of children...
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