(1) The Board consists of the following members:
(a) the Chairperson;
(b) a current or former APS employee or Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 ), with a background in Defence, nominated by the Secretary of the Department;
(c) a current or former member of the Defence Force nominated by the Chief of the Defence Force;
(d) a person nominated by the Finance Secretary ;
(e) the Managing Director;
(f) 4 commercial members .
(2) The performance of the functions , and the exercise of the powers, of DHA are not affected by reason only of vacancies in the membership of the Board .