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Number 28 of 2003

HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS COMMISSION ACT 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Interpretation.

PART 2

The Commission

3.	Establishment of Commission.
4.	Functions of Commission.
5.	Funding of Commission.
6.	Reports.
7.	Chairperson of Commission.
8.	Membership and term of office.
9.	Membership following dissolution of Dáil Éireann.
10.	Meetings.
11.	Transfer of rights and liabilities.
12.	Staff of Commission.
13.	Annual estimate of ongoing expenditure.
14.	Accounts.
15.	Secretary General of the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
16.	Functions of the Secretary General.
17.	Application of Freedom of Information Act 1997.
18.	Superannuation.
19.	Application of Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956.
20.	Application of Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 as applied or amended by Part IV of Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959.
21.	Amendment of Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act

SCHEDULE 1

Ongoing Expenditure

SCHEDULE 2

Receipts of the Commission

Acts Referred to

Civil Service Commissioners Act 1956	1956, No. 45
Civil Service Regulation Act 1956	1956, No. 46
Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 1958	1958, No. 34
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993	1993, No. 8
Freedom of Information Act 1997	1997, No. 13
Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938	1938, No. 38
Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001	2001, No. 33
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act 1962	1962, No. 32
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992	1992, No. 3
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998	1998, No. 5
Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act 2001	2001, No. 30
Oireachtas (Miscellaneous Provisions) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1996	1996, No. 39
Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959	1959, No. 38
Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963
Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976	1976, No. 22

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Number 28 of 2003

HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS COMMISSION ACT 2003

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A BODY TO BE KNOWN AS COIMISIÚN THITHE AN OIREACHTAIS OR, IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING, FUNCTIONS AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSITION TO BE KNOWN AS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OFFICE OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [14th July, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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