Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts13. Chairman and Deputy Chairman
(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment of the Board or at any time when the office of Chairman of the Board is vacant, convene a meeting of the Board for the purpose of electing a member of the Board as the Chairman of the Board.
(2) The Minister shall appoint one of the members appointed under section 10(1)(a) to preside at a meeting referred to in subsection (1).
(3) The Chairman of the Board shall be elected by the Board from among the members appointed under section 10(1)(a).
(4) Where a member is elected as Chairman at a meeting referred to in subsection (1), the member shall preside at that meeting in place of the member appointed under subsection (2) by the Minister.
(5) The Board shall, as soon as practicable after its establishment, elect one of its members appointed under section 10(1)(a) to be the Deputy Chairman of the Board and shall thereafter, whenever the position of Deputy Chairman is vacant, elect a member, with the same qualification for membership, to be the Deputy Chairman.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), a member elected under this section as the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, while the person remains a member of the Board, holds office for 3 years and is eligible for re-election.
(7) The Board may at any time, by resolution, elect a new Chairman or Deputy Chairman having the qualification referred to in subsections (3) and (5) and, on the passing of such a resolution, the person who held that office immediately before that resolution was passed ceases to hold that office.