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Chief executive
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21. (1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Authority (in this Act referred to as the “chief executive”).
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(2) The Authority shall 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 chief executive from time to time when the position of chief executive becomes vacant or the Authority anticipates it is to become vacant.
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(3) The Public Appointments Service shall, when requested to do so under subsection (2), hold a selection process and recommend to the Authority such person or persons whom it is satisfied is or are suitable for appointment as chief executive.
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(4) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), the Authority shall, with the consent of the Minister, from among the persons recommended under subsection (3), appoint a person to be the chief executive.
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(5) Subject to subsection (7), the chief executive shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of his or her appointment, as the Authority shall determine.
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(6) The Minister may, before the establishment day, designate a person to be appointed the first chief executive of the Authority.
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(7) Where, immediately before the establishment day, a person stands designated by the Minister under subsection (6), the Authority shall appoint that person to be the first chief executive for such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of his or her appointment, as the Minister shall determine.
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(8) Subject to subsection (9), a chief executive whose term of office expires with the passage of time shall be eligible for reappointment by the Authority.
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(9) A person who is reappointed by the Authority in accordance with subsection (8) shall not hold office for periods the aggregate of which exceeds 10 years.
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(10) The chief executive shall hold office under contract in writing upon and subject to such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, allowances for expenses and superannuation) as may be determined, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, by—
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(a) in the case of the first chief executive, the Minister, and
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(b) in all other cases, the Authority.
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(11) The chief executive shall not hold any other office or employment or carry on any business without the consent of the Authority.
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(12) The chief executive may be removed from office by the Authority, with the consent of the Minister, for stated reasons.
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