Section 5
Establishment and membership of Authority
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, there is hereby established the
Brunei Darussalam Medicines Control Authority which shall consist of —
(a)
the Director-General of Medical Services;
(b)
the Director-General of Health Services;
(c)
the Director of Pharmaceutical Services;
(d)
not less than five other members to be appointed by the
Minister, at least one of whom shall be in private service.
(2)
The period of appointment of members appointed under subsection (1)(d) shall be 3 years, but such members shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Minister may, at any time, in his discretion, suspend or terminate the appointment of any member appointed under subsection (1)(d) and may appoint another person in his place or in the place of any member who retires, dies, vacates his office, or who, for the time being, is unable to act or who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Authority without such excuse as may seem reasonable to the Minister; and every person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.