78. Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) Incorporated Association not for Gain 79. Windhoek Country Club (Proprietary) Limited 80. Namib Desert Diamonds (Pty) Ltd 81. Namibia Board of Trade Incorporated Association not for Gain SCHEDULE 2 LAWS AMENDED [Schedule 2 is amended throughout by Act 8 of 2015 to substitute ““Public Enterprises Governance Act, 2006” for “State-owned Enterprises Governance Act, 2006”.] The laws specified below are amended to the extent indicated: 1. Meat Industry Act, 1981 (Act No. 12 of 1981) The Meat Industry Act, 1981 is amended - (a) in section 4 - (i) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) The board shall be constituted, and its members, including the chairperson and the vice-chairperson of the board, shall be appointed in accordance with, and for a period as determined under, sections 14 and 15 of the Public Enterprises Governance Act, 2006, but the membership of the board shall include - (a) 9 persons selected by the Minister from amongst persons nominated at the Minister’s request by any body or organisation which in the Minister’s opinion is representative of producers of livestock; (b) one person selected by the Minister from amongst persons nominated at the Minister’s request by any body or organisation which in the Minister’s opinion is representative of manufacturers of meat products; (c) one person selected by the Minister from amongst persons nominated at the Minister’s request by any body or organisation which in the Minister’s opinion is representative of persons trading in meat; and (d) one person who is a marketing agent of any controlled product.”; and (ii) by the deletion of subsection (2); (b) by the deletion of section 5; (c) in section 7, by the deletion of subsection (1);
The Accreditation Board of Namibia Act, 2006 is amended - (a) in section 6 - (i) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph: “(a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Board shall be constituted, and its members, including the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Board, shall be appointed in accordance with, and for a period determined under sections 14 and 15 of the Public Enterprises Governance Act, 2006;”; and (ii) by the deletion of subsection (2); (b) in section 7 - (i) by the deletion of subsection (1); (ii) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection: “(2) A member of the Board whose term of office has expired is eligible for reappointment as such a member.”; and (iii) by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection: “(3) If the office of a member of the Board becomes vacant the vacancy must be filled by the appointment of another person in that office for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the former member.”; (c) in section 8, by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words: “A person may not be appointed as a member of the Board if that person -”; (d) by the substitution for section 9 of the following section: “9. A member of the Board must vacate office if the member - (a) becomes disqualified in terms of section 8 from being appointed as a member of the Board; (b) resigns from office by written notice addressed and delivered to the Minister; (c) has been absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without the leave of the Board; (d) is removed as a member of the Board by the Minister, by written notice addressed to the member, if there is sufficient reason for the Minister to do so, and after having given the member a reasonable opportunity to be heard; or (e) being the chief executive officer, ceases to hold that office.”;