Canadian Space Agency Act

Marginal note:Establishment of Board

• 19 (1) The Governor in Council may establish a board, to be known as the Space Advisory Board, consisting of not more than nineteen members appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding three years.

• Marginal note:Representation

  (2) The Board shall include persons from the space science community and the private sector, including the space industry.

• Marginal note:Chair

  (3) The Governor in Council shall designate one of the members of the Board to be Chair of the Board.

• Marginal note:Acting member

  (4) In the event of the absence or incapacity of a member of the Board, the Minister may designate a person to act as a member for the time being, but no person may act as a member for a period exceeding ninety days without the approval of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Re-appointment

  (5) A member of the Board, on the expiration of a first or any subsequent term of office, is eligible to be re-appointed for a further term.