Civil Service Regulation Act 1956
Miscellaneous powers of the Minister in relation to the Civil Service.
17.—(1) The Minister shall be responsible for the following matters—
(a) the regulation and control of the Civil Service,
(b) the classification, re-classification, numbers and remuneration of civil servants,
(c) the fixing of—
(i) the terms and conditions of service of civil servants, and
(ii) the conditions governing the promotion of civil servants.
(2) The Minister may, for the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, make such arrangements as he thinks fit and may cancel or vary those arrangements.
(3) Any arrangements made by the Minister before the commencement of this Act in relation to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (1) of this section and not cancelled before such commencement shall continue in force and be deemed to have been made under subsection (2) of this section.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C96
Application of section restricted (30.07.1963) by Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 (24/1963), s. 6(12), commenced on enactment. Provision for the prospective repeal of this provision made by Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976 (22/1976), s. 11 and sch. 2, not commenced as of date of revision.
(11) (a) The Minister may by regulations specify the professional positions which may be designated as professional positions to which this section applies.
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(12) The Minister, in fixing under section 17 of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956, the conditions of service for an established position may designate it as a professional position to which this section applies if (but only if—
(a) it is specified by regulations under subsection (11) of this section,
(b) one of the qualifications required for appointment to it is that, before appointment, the appointee must have had a specified number of years of professional experience, and
(c) appointment to it is made otherwise than on promotion or transfer from another established position.
C97
Application of section restricted (9.12.1959) by Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959 (38/1959), s. 23(1), commenced on enactment.
(1) Section 17 of the Regulation Act shall not apply to the fixing of the hours of attendance on duty of members of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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Editorial Notes:
E64
Previous affecting provision: application of section restricted by Employment Equality Act 1977 (16/1977), s. 17B, as inserted (2.10.1985) by European Communities (Employment Equality) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 331 of 1985), art. 5; Act repealed (18.10.1999) by Employment Equality Act 1998 (21/1998), s. 5(1), S.I. No. 320 of 1999.