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Provisions relating to genealogy and heraldry.
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13.—(1) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Genealogical Office is a branch of the Library.
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(2) The Board shall, from time to time as occasion requires, designate a member of its staff to perform the duty of researching, granting and confirming coats of arms and such member shall use the appellation Chief Herald of Ireland or, in the Irish language, Príomh-Aralt na hÉireann while performing such duties.
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(3) The Board shall be entitled to any copyright subsisting in coats of arms granted or confirmed under this section.
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(4) (a) The Board of the Library shall as soon as may be after the Library establishment day appoint a committee to be known as the Committee on Genealogy and Heraldry (referred to subsequently in this subsection as “the Committee”) to perform such of the functions of the Board, as in the opinion of the Board, may be better or more conveniently performed by it and are assigned to it by the Board.
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(b) There may be included in the membership of the Committee such number (not being more than half of the membership of the Committee who are entitled to vote) of persons who are not members of the Board.
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(c) The appointment of a person to act as a member of the Committee shall be subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit to impose when making the appointment.
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(d) A member of the Committee may be removed from office at any time by the Board.
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(e) The acts of the Committee shall be subject to the approval of the Board.
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(f) The Director of the National Library and the Chief Herald of Ireland shall be included in the membership of the Committee but shall not be entitled to vote.
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(g) The Board may regulate the procedures of the Committee but, subject to any such regulation, the Committee may regulate its own procedure.
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