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the TSRA before the TSRA Administrator was appointed; or

    (c) in good faith by the TSRA Administrator in the capacity of TSRA Administrator.

Other terms and conditions

"143V. A member of the TSRA holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

Provisions relating to Chairperson

"143W.(1) The Chairperson of the TSRA holds office on a full-time basis.

"(2) If the Chairperson of the TSRA becomes a Commissioner, he or she ceases to be the Chairperson of the TSRA.

"(3) The Chairperson of the TSRA holds office for the period starting when he or she is elected and ending when a new Chairperson of the TSRA is elected.

Resignation of Chairperson

"143X.(1) The Chairperson of the TSRA may resign by writing signed by him or her and sent to the Minister.

  "(2) The Chairperson of the TSRA is taken to have resigned if:

  (a) he or she resigns from the TSRA; or

  (b) under section 143R, he or she is taken to have resigned from the TSRA.

Suspension and removal from office of Chairperson

Minister may suspend Chairperson

"143Y.(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may suspend the Chairperson of the TSRA from office because of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.

Minister must give Chairperson notice before suspension

"(2) The Minister must not suspend the Chairperson from office unless the Minister has:

     (a) by written notice served on the Chairperson, given the Chairperson 7 days within which to show cause why the Chairperson should not be suspended; and

  (b) consulted the TSRA.

Statement to be laid before each House of the Parliament

"(3) The Minister must cause a statement identifying the Chairperson and setting out the ground of the suspension to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 7 sitting days of that House after the suspension.

Chairperson must be restored to office if declaration made by both Houses of Parliament

"(4) If such a statement has been laid before a House of the Parliament, that House may, within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the statement has been laid before it, by resolution, declare that the Chairperson ought to be restored to office. If each House so passes such a resolution, the Minister must terminate the suspension.

Minister may remove Chairperson from office if no declaration made

"(5) If, at the end of 15 sitting days of a House of the Parliament after the day on which the statement has been laid before that House, that House has not passed such a resolution, the Minister may remove the Chairperson from