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34 (8) The Minister may make such payments to or in respect of members of the Board by way of reimbursement of expenses, allowances and remuneration as he may determine.

(9) The Board shall make an annual report to the Minister about the discharge of its functions.

Annual report

34. The Public Guardian shall make an annual report to the Minister about the discharge of his functions.

Board of Visitors

35.—(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint persons to be members of a Board of Visitors.

(2) The Board of Visitors shall consist of—
 * (a) Special Visitors; and
 * (b) General Visitors.

(3) A person is not qualified to be a Special Visitor unless he—
 * (a) is a registered medical practitioner or appears to the Minister to have other suitable qualifications or training; and
 * (b) appears to the Minister to have special knowledge of and experience in cases of impairment of or disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain.

(4) A General Visitor need not have a medical qualification.

(5) A member of the Board of Visitors—
 * (a) may be appointed for such term and subject to such conditions; and
 * (b) may be paid such remuneration and allowances,

as the Minister may determine.

(6) For the purpose of carrying out his functions under this Act in relation to a person who lacks capacity (“P”), a member of the Board of Visitors may, at all reasonable times, examine and take copies of—
 * (a) any health record; and