Planning and Development Act 2024
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Recommendation of candidates for appointment to be Planning Commissioners | ||
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508. (1) The Governing Board shall, as it considers necessary for the purpose of filling a vacancy or anticipated vacancy among the Planning Commissioners, request the Public Appointments Service to hold a selection process for the purpose of identifying and recommending a person who it is satisfied is suitable for appointment as a Planning Commissioner. | ||
(2) For the purpose of the selection process referred to in subsection (1), the Public Appointments Service shall, in particular— | ||
(a) invite applications from suitably qualified persons for appointment as Chief Planning Commissioner, Deputy Chief Planning Commissioner, or an ordinary planning commissioner, as the case may be, | ||
(b) prepare a panel of candidates, in accordance with an order of merit (or sub-panels of candidates relevant to particular areas of expertise) suitable for appointment as Chief Planning Commissioner, Deputy Chief Planning Commissioner or ordinary planning commissioner, having regard to the knowledge, experience, qualifications and personal qualities appropriate to enable a person effectively to perform the functions of Chief Planning Commissioner, Deputy Chief Planning Commissioner or ordinary planning commissioner, as the case may be, and | ||
(c) make a recommendation regarding which of the candidates on the panel the Governing Board should appoint as Chief Planning Commissioner or Deputy Chief Planning Commissioner under section 506 , or as an ordinary planning commissioner under section 507 , as the case may be. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 106 of the Act of 2000 by section 6 , a panel of candidates prepared under that section of the Act of 2000 immediately before the repeal shall be considered, after the repeal, to be a panel for the purpose of paragraph (b) of subsection (2). |