Section 7Part 2 — Establishment and Administration of National Roads Authority
Constitution and responsibilities of Board of Authority
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The Authority shall have a board of directors which shall be responsible for the policy and general administration of the affairs and business of the Authority.
Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Board shall be responsible for —
securing the effective implementation of the responsibilities, functions and duties of the Authority;
overseeing the effective performance of the Authority; and
setting operational priorities with regard to construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance of public roads.
The Board shall have power to —
act by sub-committee; and
delegate any of its daily administrative duties and powers from time to time to such sub-committees and to any of their own number and to the employees and agents of the Authority, except that where the Board sets up a sub-committee which consists of members other than directors and employees of the Authority, it may only act or delegate its duties or powers to such sub-committee with the approval of the Cabinet.
The Board shall consist of not less than nine nor more than eleven directors of whom —
one, not being a public officer, shall be chairperson;
one, not being a public officer, shall be deputy chairperson;
one shall be the chief officer of the Ministry responsible for roads or that person's nominee;
one shall be the Financial Secretary or that person's nominee;
three shall be individuals who have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Cabinet substantial knowledge of and experience in one or more of the following areas —
tourism;
law; and
environmental matters; and
the others shall be not less than two but not more than four individuals, one of whom shall be from Cayman Brac or Little Cayman, to be appointed for not less than three years by the Cabinet, but who shall hold office at its pleasure.
An individual appointed to be a director under subsection (4)(e) or (f) shall hold office for a term of not more than three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
The Board shall appoint an individual (not being a director) to be the Executive Secretary of the Authority, who shall be answerable to the Board for that person's acts and decisions, be a full time officer and employee of the Authority and render their services exclusively to the Authority.
The Executive Secretary —
shall be present at all meetings of the Board and its sub-committees and shall take minutes of the business transacted;
shall carry out the administrative work of the Board and its subcommittees; and
shall provide the secretarial support for the Board, including the distribution of minutes, the coordination of meetings and the communication of decisions for action to the members of the Board and its sub-committees.
The Board shall be deemed to be properly constituted notwithstanding that there is a vacancy in the office of chairperson, deputy chairperson or any other director.
There shall be paid to any director (other than a public officer) appointed such remuneration as the Cabinet may determine.
The Cabinet shall terminate the appointment of any director who —
resigns that director's office;
becomes of unsound mind or incapable of carrying out that director's duties;
becomes bankrupt or suspends payment to or compounds with that director's creditors;
is convicted in the Islands or elsewhere of any offence involving dishonesty or fraud;
commits the offence of serious misconduct in relation to that director's duties;
is absent without leave of the chairperson from three consecutive Board meetings; or
fails to comply with that director's obligations under section 9.
If any director dies, resigns or otherwise vacates that director's office before the expiry of the term for which that director has been appointed, another person may be appointed by the Cabinet for the unexpired period of the term of office of the director in whose place that person is appointed.
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