3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Terms and conditions of office of members of Board. Vacation of office by appointed members of Board. Dismissal of appointed members. Filling of vacancies on Board. Procedure of Board. Committees of Board. Minutes of proceedings. Validity of decisions and acts of Board. Interpretation 1.(1) In this Schedule— “Board” means the Health Service Board or a hospital management board, as the case may be; “member” means a member of the Health Service Board or a hospital management board, as the case may be; Disqualification for appointment to Board 2.(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall not be qualified for appointment as a member of the Board, nor shall the person hold office as a member, if— (a) he or she is not a citizen of Zimbabwe or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe; or (b) he or she is a member of two or more other statutory bodies; or (c) he or she is a member of Parliament; or (d) he or she is a member of a local authority or is in the full-time employment of a local authority; or (e) in terms of a law in force in any country— (i) he or she has been adjudged or otherwise declared insolvent or bankrupt and has not been rehabilitated or discharged; or (ii) he or she has made an assignment to or composition with his or her creditors which has not been rescinded or set aside; or (f) within the period of five years immediately preceding his or her proposed appointment, he or she has been sentenced in any country by a competent court to a term of imprisonment imposed without the option of a fine, whether or not any portion thereof has been suspended, and has not received a free pardon. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1)— (a) a person who is appointed to a council, commission or other authority which is a statutory body or which is responsible for the administration of the affairs of a statutory body shall be regarded as a member of that statutory body; (b) “statutory body” means— (i) any commission established by the Constitution; or (ii) any body corporate established directly by or under an Act for special purposes specified in that Act, the membership of which consists wholly or mainly of persons appointed by the President, a Vice-President, a Minister or any other statutory body or by a commission established by the Constitution. Conditions of service of members of Board 3.(1) Subject to this Schedule, the term of office of a member of the Board shall be such period, not exceeding three years, as the Minister may fix on his appointment. (2) On the expiry of a member’s term of office, he or she shall be eligible for re-appointment. (3) Subject to this Schedule, the conditions of service of a members, including their salaries, allowances and pension benefits, shall be fixed by the Minister from time to time: Provided that members of hospital management boards shall be entitled to sitting allowances only. (4) When fixing a member’s conditions of service in terms of subparagraph (3), the Minister may direct that any enactment relating to the conditions of service of members of the Public Service or the Health Service shall apply to the member, subject to such modifications, exceptions or conditions as the Minister may specify, and thereupon the enactment concerned shall so apply to the member concerned. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the salary or allowance payable to a member of the Board shall not be reduced during his or her tenure of office. Vacation of office by members of Board 4.(1) A member may resign his or her office at any time by giving the Minister such notice of his or her intention to resign as may be fixed in the member’s conditions of service in terms of paragraph 3 or,