(1) There is to be a Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer is to be appointed by the Board on a full - time basis.
(3) The Board must not appoint a person as the Chief Executive Officer if, at any time during the period of 2 years ending immediately before the proposed period of appointment, the person was employed by a body corporate whose primary commercial activity relates directly to the production or manufacture of food.
(3A) For the purposes of subsection (3):
(a) a director (however described) of a body corporate is taken to be employed by the body corporate; and
(b) the secretary (however described) of a body corporate is taken to be employed by the body corporate.
(4) The Board must not appoint a person as the Chief Executive Officer if the person has a pecuniary interest in a body corporate whose primary commercial activity relates directly to the production or manufacture of food.