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Article 69 Power of Parliament to establish Public Service Board and to make special provisions regarding police (1) Parliament may make provision for either or both of the following: (a) vesting the powers and functions of the Chief Secretary under clauses (1) and (2) of Article 68 in a Public Service Board consisting of the Chief Secretary, who shall be Chairman, and not less than two other persons who are not members of Parliament; and (b) subject to clause (2) of this Article, vesting in the public officer in charge of the Nauru Police Force the powers and functions of the Chief Secretary under clause (1) of Article 68, in so far as they apply to or in respect of public officers in the Nauru Police Force. (2) Where Parliament makes provision under paragraph (b) of clause (1) of this Article: (a) it shall also make provision for establishing a Police Service Board consisting of not less than three persons, who are not members of Parliament, of whom one shall be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court to be appointed by the Cabinet, who shall be Chairman, one shall be the Chief Secretary, and one shall be a person elected by members of the Nauru Police Force in such manner and for such term as are prescribed by law; (b) the power of the public officer in charge of the Nauru Police Force to appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the Nauru Police Force shall be subject to such consent, if any, of the Police Service Board as is required by law; and (c) the Chief Secretary or, where Parliament has made provision for a Public Service Board, the Public Service Board, shall not exercise the powers or 7001 Service 1 Job: (unknown)/ron/allvols/serv_1/RON.CONSTIN Page: 35 Date: 30/8/2022 Time: 17:27:54 bwpageid:: 7001:: bwservice::1:: LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU Article 69 perform the functions under clauses (1) and (2) of Article 68 in so far as they apply to or in respect of public officers in the Nauru Police Force. [cl (2) am Act 10 of 2022 s 6, opn 8 June 2022] (2A) The appointment of the Chairman of the Police Service Board shall be for a continuous period of 3 years and is eligible to be re-appointed. [cl (2A) insrt Act 10 of 2022 s 6, opn 8 June 2022] (3) An appeal lies to the Police Service Board from a decision of the public officer in charge of the Nauru Police Force under this Article to remove a public officer from office or to exercise disciplinary control over a public officer at the instance of the public officer in respect of whom the decision is made. (4) The Police Service Board shall exercise such other powers and functions as are conferred on it by law and shall, subject to this Article and any law, regulate its own procedure. (5) Except as otherwise provided by law, no appeal lies from a decision of the Police Service Board.