Civil Defence Act, 2002
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PART 5 Staff of Board | ||
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Staff of Board. |
36.—(1) The Minister may, as he or she from time to time determines, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, appoint such number of persons who, immediately before the date of their appointment, are officers of the Minister for Defence to be members of the staff of the Board. | |
(2) Members of the staff of the Board appointed under subsection (1) shall be civil servants in the Civil Service of the State (within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956 ). | ||
(3) The Minister shall be the appropriate authority for the purposes of the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 , and the Civil Service Regulation Acts, 1956 to 1996, in relation to members of the staff of the Board who are appointed under subsection (1). | ||
(4) The Minister may delegate to the director general the powers exercisable by him or her under the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 , and the Civil Service Regulation Acts, 1956 to 1996, as the appropriate authority in relation to members of the staff of the Board appointed under subsection (1) and, if the Minister does so, then, so long as the delegation remains in force— | ||
(a) those powers shall, in lieu of being exercisable by the Minister, be exercisable by the director general, and | ||
(b) the director general shall, in lieu of the Minister, be for the purposes of this Act the appropriate authority in relation to those members of the staff of the Board. | ||
(5) The Board shall appoint a person who shall be a uniformed officer to be known as the “Chief Civil Defence Officer” to perform such ceremonial or related functions as the Board may determine and who shall hold office on the terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances for expenses) that the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine. |