| (1) | A member of the Board must be a South African citizen and have a qualification or experience in or knowledge appropriate to— |
| (a) | local government generally; or |
| (i) | development economics; |
| (ii) | integrated development planning; |
| (iii) | community development; |
| (iv) | traditional leadership and traditional communities; |
| (v) | local government and municipal administration; |
| (viii) | social or economic geography; |
| (ix) | town and regional planning; |
| (x) | legal and constitutional matters affecting local government; |
| (xi) | land survey, cartography and geographic information systems; |
| (xii) | public health care; or |
| (xiii) | transport planning. |
| (2) | The following persons are disqualified from becoming or remaining a member of the Board: |
| (a) | an unrehabilitated insolvent; |
| (b) | a person who is placed under curatorship; |
| (c) | a person who is declared to be of unsound mind by a court of the Republic; or |
| (d) | a person who after 4 February 1997 has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine for a period of not less than 12 months. |
| (3) | A disqualification in terms of subsection (2) (d) ends five years after the imprisonment has been completed. |
[Date of commencement of section 7 is 3 July 1998.]
