Section 19

A Board of Trustees is established, consisting of not less than 5 and not more than 15 persons, all of whom must be appointed by the Minister.

The trustees must be appointed for such period, not exceeding 3 years, as the Minister may specify in the instrument of appointment, and are eligible for re‑appointment.

A trustee holds office on such terms and conditions as are determined by the Minister.

If at any time it appears to the Minister that removal from office of any of the trustees is necessary in the interests of the effective and economical performance of the functions of the Board under this Act, the Minister may remove from office so many of those trustees as he or she considers necessary in those interests.

All trustees are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.

All trustees are deemed to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966 and section 20 of that Act applies to such persons even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.