Comhairle Act 2000

Number 1 of 2000

COMHAIRLE ACT 2000

REVISED

Updated to 1 February 2019

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Comhairle Act 2000. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

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Number 1 of 2000


COMHAIRLE ACT 2000

REVISED

Updated to 1 February 2019


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary And General

Section

1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Establishment day.

4.

Expenses.

5.

Repeal.

PART II

Comhairle

6.

Establishment of Comhairle.

7.

Functions of Board.

7A.

Personal Advocacy Service.

7B.

Application for assignment of personal advocate.

7C.

Appeals.

7D.

Functions of personal advocate.

7E.

Liability for offences by bodies corporate.

7F.

Arrangement to provide services of personal advocates.

8.

Strategic plans.

9.

Membership of Board and term of office of members.

10.

Chairperson of Board.

11.

Meetings of Board.

12.

Committees of Board.

13.

Chief Executive of Board.

14.

Staff of Board.

15.

Superannuation.

16.

Disclosure by members of Board of certain interests.

17.

Disclosure by staff of Board of certain interests.

18.

Disclosure of information.

18A.

Exclusion resulting from membership of either House of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authorities.

19.

Gifts.

20.

Advances by Minister to Board.

21.

Borrowing by Board.

22.

Accounts and audits.

23.

Accountability of Chief Executive.

24.

Reports and information to Minister.

24A.

Directions to Board.

25.

Consultants and advisers.

25A.

Transfer by Minister of certain rights and liabilities.

26.

Seal of Board.

PART III

Dissolution of National Social Service Board and Transitional Provisions

27.

Dissolution of former Board

28.

References to former Board in enactments.

29.

Transfer to Board of certain staff.

30.

Transfer to Board of assets and liabilities of former Board.

31.

Preservation of certain contracts and adaptation of references to former Board.

32.

Pending legal proceedings.

33.

Final accounts of former Board.


Acts Referred to

Companies Acts, 1963 to 1999

Health Act, 1970

1970, No. 1

Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961

1961, No. 27

Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act, 1999

1999, No. 13

National Disability Authority Act, 1999

1999, No. 14

National Social Service Board Act, 1984

1984, No. 2


Number 1 of 2000


COMHAIRLE ACT 2000

REVISED

Updated to 1 February 2019


AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW BODY TO BE KNOWN AS COMHAIRLE AND TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD ACT, 1984, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [2nd March, 2000]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

C1

References to “Board” construed (21.02.2007) by Citizens Information Act 2007 (2/2007), s. 3(2), commenced on enactment.

Change of name of Board.

3.—(1) The name of Comhairle is hereby changed and, following the passing of this Act, it shall be known, in the English language, as the Citizens Information Board or, in the Irish language, as An Bord um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh.

(2) References in the Principal Act to the Board shall, following the passing of this Act, be construed as references to the body established by section 6 of that Act whose name is changed by subsection (1).