Section 5: Management of Fund

5. Management of Fund (1) The Fund shall be managed and administered by a Board of Trustees which shall consist of— (a) 8 representatives of workers’ organisations, one of whom shall be the Chairperson, appointed by the Minister; (b) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of industrial relations; (c) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of finance; (d) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of education; (e) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of civil service affairs; (f) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of human resource development; (g) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of women’s affairs; and (h) an independent person with experience in adult education or industrial relations, to be appointed by the Minister. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (a)— (a) “workers’ organisations” shall be deemed to refer to the 8 most representative workers’ organisations; (b) each of the 8 workers’ organisations referred to in paragraph (a) shall nominate one representative; and (c) the Chairperson shall be appointed by the Minister after consultation with, and from among, the 8 representatives nominated under paragraph (b). (3) The members shall hold office for a period of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment. (4) The Board shall, with the approval of the Minister, appoint a Secretary and a Treasurer from amongst its members. (5) At any meeting of the Board, 8 members shall constitute a quorum. (6) Subject to this Act, the Board shall regulate its proceedings and meetings in such manner as it may determine. [Issue 7] T15 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius (7) For the purposes of subsection (2), the expression “most representative workers’ organisations” means those federations of trade unions which, according to the records kept by the Registrar of Associations under the Employment Relations Act, have the most numerous membership in terms of the total number of members of the trade unions affiliated to the federations.