Clause 5

The Authority shall consist of a Chairman, a General Manager and such other members, totalling not less than five and not more than nine persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the members of the Authority appointed by the Minister shall hold office for such terms and subject to such conditions as the Minister may determine.

The Minister may appoint any member of the Authority to be the Deputy Chairman.

The Minister may appoint any member of the Authority to be a temporary Chairman or temporary Deputy Chairman during the temporary incapacity from illness or absence from Singapore or otherwise, of the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, as the case may be.

If at any time it appears to the Minister that the removal from office of all or any of the members of the Authority appointed by him is necessary in the interests of the effective and economical performance of the functions of the Authority under this Act or in the public interest, the Minister may remove from office, without assigning any reason therefor, all or so many of such members of the Authority as the Minister may consider necessary.

A member of the Authority may at any time resign from the Authority.

The Chairman may, by instrument in writing, authorise any member of the Authority to exercise any power or perform any function, other than the functions referred to in subsection (2) of section 4 of this Act, conferred on the Chairman by or under this Act.