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Directors.
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29.—(1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Museum who shall be known as the Director of the Museum.
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(2) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Library who shall be known as the Director of the Library.
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(3) (a) The Director of the Museum shall carry on and manage and control generally the administration and business of the Museum and perform such other functions as may be determined by the Board of the Museum.
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(b) The functions conferred on the Director of the Museum pursuant to—
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(i) the National Monuments Acts, 1930 to 1994, and
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(ii) the
Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act, 1993
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shall be performed subject to the control and general superintendence of the Board of the Museum.
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(c) The Board of the Museum may, for the purposes of paragraph (a), give directions or guidelines to the Director of the Museum and he or she shall comply with any such directions and perform his or her functions in accordance with any such guidelines.
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(4) (a) The Director of the Library shall carry on and manage and control generally the administration and business of the Library and perform such other functions as may be determined by the Board of the Library.
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(b) The Board of the Library may, for the purposes of paragraph (a), give directions or guidelines to the Director of the Library and he or she shall comply with any such directions and perform his or her functions in accordance with any such guidelines.
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(5) The first Director of the Museum shall be the officer standing designated by the Minister immediately before the establishment day as the Director of the Museum and shall not, while in the service of the Board of the Museum, be brought to less beneficial conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or of remuneration than the conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or remuneration to which he or she was subject immediately before the establishment day.
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(6) The first Director of the Library shall be the officer standing designated by the Minister immediately before the establishment day as the Director of the Library and shall not, while in the service of the Board of the Library, be brought to less beneficial conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or of remuneration than the conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or remuneration to which he or she was subject immediately before the establishment day.
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(7) Each subsequent Director of the Museum shall be appointed, and may be removed from office for stated reasons, by the Board of the Museum with the consent of the Minister.
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(8) Each subsequent Director of the Library shall be appointed, and may be removed from office for stated reasons, by the Board of the Library with the consent of the Minister.
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(9) Each subsequent Director of the Museum shall hold office for such term and upon and subject to such other terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration) as may be determined by the Board of the Museum with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.
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(10) Each subsequent Director of the Library shall hold office for such term and upon and subject to such other terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration) as may be determined by the Board of the Library with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.
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(11) A Board shall act through, and its functions shall be performed in the name of the Board by a Director or another officer of the Board duly authorised in that behalf by a Director.
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(12) A Director may make proposals to a Board on any matter relating to its activities.
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(13) A Director shall devote the whole of his or her time to his or her duties as chief executive and shall not hold any other office or position without the consent of a Board.
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(14) The Director of the Museum shall not be a member of the Board of the Museum and the Director of the Library shall not be a member of the Board of the Library.
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(15) In this section—
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“Director” means, as the context may require, the Director of the Museum or the Director of the Library or the Director of each of them;
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“remuneration” includes allowances for expenses, benefits-in-kind and superannuation.
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