After section 17 of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 insert —
(1) A director of a board of an ambulance service is only eligible for reappointment if the combined term of the initial appointment, any reappointment and any proposed reappointment does not exceed 9 consecutive years.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a director may be reappointed if the Minister is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the reappointment.
(3) This section applies in relation to a reappointment made on or after the third anniversary of the commencement of this section.".