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Number 11 of 2013
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title and commencement.
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2. Interpretation.
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3. Regulations and orders.
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4. Repeals and revocations.
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5. Expenses.
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6. Service of documents.
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7. Offences.
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PART 2
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Education and Training Boards
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8. Establishment day.
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9. Establishment of education and training boards.
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10. Functions of education and training boards.
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11. Conferral of additional functions on education and training boards.
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12. Reserved functions.
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13. Executive functions.
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14. Chief executive.
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15. Functions of chief executive.
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16. Delegation of functions of chief executive.
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17. Suspension and removal of chief executive by board.
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18. Suspension and removal of chief executive by Minister.
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19. Staff.
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20. Direction of Minister.
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21. Joint performance of functions of education and training boards.
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22. Cooperation by education and training boards with education or training providers.
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23. Function of education and training board performed outside functional area.
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24. Scholarships.
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25. Accountability of chief executive to Public Accounts Committee.
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26. Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas committees.
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27. Strategy statement.
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28. Annual report.
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29. Gifts and trusts.
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PART 3
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Membership of Education and Training Boards
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30. Composition of education and training boards.
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31. Election, appointment and term of office of members of education and training boards.
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32. Eligibility for membership of an education and training board.
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33. Cesser of membership.
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34. Disqualification from membership of an education and training board.
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35. Offence to act when disqualified.
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36. Resignation from membership.
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37. Casual vacancies.
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38. Expenses of members.
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PART 4
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Regulation of Education and Training Boards
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39. Policy directions of Minister.
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40. Report on operation of education and training board.
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41. Directions following report on operation of an education and training board.
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42. Transfer of functions of education and training boards.
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43. Removal of members from office.
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PART 5
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Committees of Education and Training Boards
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44. Committees.
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45. Finance committee and audit committee.
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PART 6
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Finance
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46. Expenditure limit.
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47. Annual service plan.
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48. Deposit of monies standing to credit of education and training board.
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49. Powers of borrowing.
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50. Fees.
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51. Accounts.
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52. Audit functions.
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53. Acquisition, holding or disposal of land.
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PART 7
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Dissolution of Bodies
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54. Interpretation.
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55. Dissolution of vocational education committees.
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56. Liability for loss occurring before establishment day.
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57. Transfer of land and other property.
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58. Transfer of staff.
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59. Superannuation.
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60. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions.
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61. Provisions consequent upon transfer of assets and liabilities.
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62. Records of dissolved bodies.
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63. Accounts and final annual report of dissolved bodies.
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PART 8
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Miscellaneous
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64. Repeal of section 2(1)(j) of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.
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65. Repeal of section 24(13) of Act of 1998.
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66. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1998.
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67. Transition for membership.
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68. Transition for inquiries.
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69. Saver (Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 and Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992).
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70. Transition for scholarships.
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71. Saver (Student Support Act 2011).
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72. Consequential amendments to other Acts.
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PART 9
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Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002
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73. Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002.
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SCHEDULE 1
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PART 1
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Acts Repealed
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PART 2
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Statutory Instruments Revoked
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SCHEDULE 2
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Education and Training Boards and Education and Training Board Areas
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SCHEDULE 3
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Education and Training Boards
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SCHEDULE 4
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Composition of Education and Training Boards
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SCHEDULE 5
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Relevant Education and Training Boards
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SCHEDULE 6
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Consequential Amendments to Other Acts
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Acts Referred to
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Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005
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Carer’s Leave Act 2001
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2001, No. 19
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Children Act 2001
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2001, No. 24
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Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993
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1993, No. 8
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Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992
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1992, No. 15
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Education Act 1998
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1998, No. 51
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Education (Amendment) Act 2012
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2012, No. 14
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Ethics in Public Office Act 1995
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1995, No. 22
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European Parliament Elections Act 1997
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1997, No. 2
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Finance Act 2002
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2002, No. 5
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Health Act 2004
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2004, No. 42
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Institutes of Technology Act 2006
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2006, No. 25
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Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999
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1999, No. 7
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Local Government Act 2001
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2001, No. 37
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Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005
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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011
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2011, No. 10
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National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Act 2007
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2007, No. 16
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National Development Finance Agency Act 2002
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2002, No. 29
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National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000
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2000, No. 39
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Organisation of Working Time Act 1997
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1997, No. 20
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Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006
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Prisons Act 2007
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2007, No. 10
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Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003
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2003, No. 29
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Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001
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2001, No. 45
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Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004
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2004, No. 33
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Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012
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2012, No. 37
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1996 to 2011
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Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992
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1992, No. 16
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Student Support Act 2011
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2011, No. 4
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
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1997, No. 39
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Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012
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Unfair Dismissals Act 1977
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1977, No. 10
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007
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Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 1944
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1944, No. 9
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Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001
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2001, No. 23
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Vocational Education Act 1930
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1930, No. 29
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Vocational Education Acts 1930 to 2006
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Youth Work Act 2001
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2001, No. 42
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Number 11 of 2013
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER COORDINATION AND DELIVERY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BODIES TO BE KNOWN AS EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND STAFF OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS 1930 TO 2006, THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNFAIR DISMISSALS ACT 1977, THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY ACT 2002 AND THE EDUCATION ACT 1998, THE REVOCATION OF CERTAIN STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
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[8th May, 2013]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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