Planning and Development Act 2000
F265[Directors
31Z.—(1) For the purpose of supporting the Planning Regulator and the Office in carrying out functions under this Part, the Planning Regulator—
(a) may appoint up to 3 persons but shall appoint at least one person,
(b) subject to the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, may appoint such number of additional persons as may be specified,
each to be a director of the Office (in this section referred to as ‘director’) to perform such functions as are duly assigned to each of them.
(2) A director shall be a member of staff of the Office.
(3) The Planning Regulator shall designate one director to be deputy Planning Regulator. The deputy Planning Regulator shall perform and carry out the functions of the Planning Regulator in the absence of the Planning Regulator or when there is no Planning Regulator and references to the Planning Regulator shall be read accordingly.
(4) A director, on ceasing to be a member of the staff of the Office, shall be deemed to have vacated the position of director.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F265
Inserted (3.04.2019) by Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 (16/2018), s. 4, S.I. No. 133 of 2019, art. 2(a).
Modifications (not altering text):
C55
Prospective affecting provision: transitional arrangements on repeal made by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 557(6), not commenced as of date of revision.
Directors of Office
557.— …
(4) A director, on ceasing to be a member of the staff of the Office, shall be deemed to have vacated the position of director.
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(6) Subject to subsection (4), a person who, immediately before the repeal of section 31Z of the Act of 2000, was a director of the Office shall, on and after such repeal, continue to be a director of the Office.