ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (as amended January 2008) FOURTH SCHEDULE (Section 40(3)) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMISSION Terms of office and conditions of service of members 1.(1) Subject to this Schedule, a member shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, as the Minister may fix on his appointment. (2) A member shall continue in office after the expiry of his term until he has been reappointed or his successor has been appointed: Provided that a member shall not hold office in terms of this subparagraph for longer than six months. (3) Subject to paragraph 9, a member shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister may fix in relation to members generally. (4) A retiring member is eligible for re-appointment as a member. (5) The terms and conditions of office of a member shall not, without the member’s consent, be altered to his detriment during his tenure of office. Disqualifications for appointment as member 2.(1) The Minister shall not appoint a person as a member and no person shall be qualified to hold office as a member who— (a) is not a citizen of Zimbabwe; or (b) has a financial interest in any business connected with broadcasting services or systems, or is engaged in any activity connected with any such service or system, or is married or connected to or associated with a person who has such an interest or is engaged in such an activity, unless the Minister is satisfied that the interest or activity will not interfere with the person’s impartial discharge of his duties as a member; or (c) has, in terms of a law in force in any country— (i) been adjudged or otherwise declared insolvent or bankrupt and has not been rehabilitated or discharged; or (ii) made an assignment to, or arrangement or composition with, his creditors which has not been rescinded or set aside; or (d) has, within the period of five years immediately preceding the date of his proposed appointment, been convicted— (i) in Zimbabwe, of an offence; or (ii) outside Zimbabwe, in respect of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe, would constitute an offence; and sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding six months imposed without the option of a fine, whether or not any portion has been suspended, and has not received a free pardon. (2) A person who is— 55