54 GOVERNMENT No. 23708 Act No. 25,2002 GAZETTE, 2 AUGUST 2002 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONS ACT. 2002 the determination through arbitration of any dispute concerning the interpretation of the memorandum and articles of association of the Authority; ( j ) the delegation of powers and assignment of duties to directors, committees and employees: Provided that the Board may(i) not be divested of any power or duty by virtue of the delegation or 5 assignment; and (ii) vary or set aside any decision made under any delegation or in terms of any assignment; ( k ) the procedures and criteria for the establishment and disestablishment of second level domains and for delegations to such domains; 10 (1) appealmechanisms; ( m ) the tenure of directors; ( T I ) the circumstances under and the manner in which a directorship is terminated; (0) criteria for the disqualification of directors; (11) the method of determining the allowances to be paid to directors for attending IS meetings; and ( 9 ) the powers and duties of directors. (i) Part 2 Governance and staffing of Authority Board of directors of Authority 62. ( 1 ) The Authority is managed and controlled by a Board of Directors consisting of nine directors. one of whom is the chairperson. ( 2 )The process of appointment is the following: (01 The Minister must appoint an independent selection panel consisting of five persons. who command public respect for their fair-mindedness, wisdom and understanding of issues concerning the Internet, culture, language, academia and business, the names of whom must be placed in a notice in the Gazette; ( b ) the Minister must invitenominations for members of the Board from the public through newspapers which have generalcirculationthroughoutthe Republic,on-line news services,radio and by notice in the Gazette; ( c ) nominations must be made to the panel established in terms of paragraph (a); (d) the panel must recommend to theMinisternames of nine persons to be appointed to the Board taking into accountthe sectors of stakeholders listed in subsection (3)lb): ( e ) if the Minister is not satisfied that the recommendations of the panel comply with subsection (3) the Minister may request thepanel to reviewits recommendations and make new ones; If) the Minister must appoint the members of the Board. and publish the names of those appointed in the Gacette; ( g ) the MinistermustappointtheChairperson of the Board fromamong the names recommended by the panel. ( 3 ) ( a ) The Board, u.hen viewed collectively, must be broadly representative of the demographics of the country, including having regard to gender and disability. (17) Sectors of stakeholders contemplated in subsection ( 2 ) ( d )areThe (ij existing Domain community; Name (ii) Academic and legal sectors; (iii)Science, technology and engineering sectors; (iv) Labour; (v) Business and the private sector; (vi) Culture and language; (vii)Publicsector; (viii)Internet user community. (4) Directors must be persons who are committed to fairness,openness and accountability and to the objects of this Act. 20 25 30 35 40 4s 50