[Section 9 heading substituted by section 8 of the National Nuclear Regulator Amendment Act, 26 of 2024, Notice No. 5723, GG51804, dated 20 December 2024 - effective 4 June 2025 per Proclamation Notice 266 of 4 June 2025]
| (1) | The Minister may at any time discharge a director of the board from office— |
| (a) | if the director has repeatedly failed to perform his or her functions efficiently; (b) if, because of any physical or mental illness or disability, the director has become incapable of performing his or her functions or performing them efficiently; or |
| (2) | A director vacates office when— |
| (b) | he or she is discharged in terms of subsection (1); |
| (c) | he or she is absent from three consecutive meetings of the board without the chairperson’s permission, unless the board has condoned the absence on good reasons advanced; or |
| (d) | the person’s resignation as director takes effect. |
