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The Governor in Council shall appoint a Director to hold office during pleasure for a term of not more than five years.

The Director is eligible to be reappointed on the expiry of a first or subsequent term of office. No person shall hold office as Director for terms of more than ten years in the aggregate.

In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Director, or if the office of Director is vacant, the Governor in Council may appoint a qualified person to hold office instead of the Director for a term of not more than six months, and the person shall, while holding that office, have all of the powers, duties and functions of the Director.

The Director may delegate to any person, subject to any terms and conditions that the Director may specify, any power, duty or function conferred on the Director.

The Director is the chief executive officer of the Centre, has supervision over and direction of its work and employees and may exercise any power and perform any duty or function of the Centre. The Director has the rank and all the powers of a deputy head of a department.