Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 2001
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Service plan. |
25.—(1) A vocational education committee shall, not later than— | |
(a) 42 days after service of a notice under section 22 , or | ||
(b) such shorter period (being not less than 21 days) after such service as the Minister considers appropriate, | ||
adopt and submit to the Minister a plan containing a statement of— | ||
(i) the services that the vocational education committee proposes to provide, and | ||
(ii) the estimate of income and expenditure of that vocational education committee, | ||
during the period to which the plan relates (hereafter in this section referred to as a “service plan”). | ||
(2) A service plan shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the Minister may determine. | ||
(3) Where a vocational education committee fails to submit a service plan to the Minister within the period required under subsection (1) for its submission, the Minister may direct that vocational education committee to submit a service plan to him or her within such period (not exceeding 10 days from the giving of the direction) as may be specified in the direction. | ||
(4) Where a vocational education committee fails to submit a service plan to the Minister in accordance with a direction under subsection (3), the Minister may direct the chief executive officer for that vocational education committee to prepare and submit a service plan to him or her not later than 10 days after the service of the direction on the chief executive officer. | ||
(5) Where, in the opinion of the Minister a service plan submitted to the Minister does not comply with this section or is not in accordance with the policies and objectives of the Government or the Minister in so far as they relate to the vocational education committee concerned, the Minister may, not later than 21 days after submission of the service plan concerned, direct the vocational education committee or chief executive officer, as may be appropriate, to make such modifications to the service plan as he or she considers appropriate. | ||
(6) The adoption and submission of a service plan under this section shall, subject to subsection (4), be a reserved function. | ||
(7) A vocational education committee or chief executive officer to whom a direction is given under this section shall comply with such direction. |