Harbours (Amendment) Act, 2000

Amendment of section 35 (chief executive) of Harbours Act, 1996.

7.Section 35 of the Harbours Act, 1996 , is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) by the insertion of “or a new company” after “Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company”,

(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (3):

“(3) The first chief executive of a new company and each subsequent chief executive of a company or new company shall be appointed and may be removed from office by the other directors of the company concerned after consultation with the Minister.”,

and

(c) in subsection (5) by the insertion of “or a new company” after “Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company”,

and the said paragraph (a) and the said subsection (5), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(a) The first chief executive of a company (other than Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company or a new company) shall be—

(i) if functions in relation to the company's harbour stood vested before the relevant vesting day in a harbour authority specified in Part I of the First Schedule to the Act of 1946, the person who was on the day prior to the said day the General Manager of that harbour authority, or

(ii) if functions in relation to the company's harbour stood vested before the relevant vesting day in a harbour authority specified in Part II of the said Schedule, the person who was on the day prior to the said day the secretary of that harbour authority.

(5) Save in the case of the first chief executive of a company (other than Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company or a new company), the chief executive of a company shall hold office upon and subject to such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances) as may be determined by the directors of the company with the consent of the Minister given with the approval of the Minister for Finance.