Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004

Extension of application by order.

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6.—(1) Subject to section 7, where this Act does not apply to a body or any position or class of positions within that body, the Minister may—

(a) in respect of any body to which section 5(d) relates—

(i) after considering a report under section 17 from the Commission on that body or any position or class of positions within that body, and

(ii) after consulting with—

(I) the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, where that body is a local authority,

(II) the Minister for Health and Children, where that body is a health board, or

F6[(III) the Minister for Education and Skills, where that body is an education and training board]

(b) in any other case, after consulting with—

(i) the Commission, and

(ii) such Minister or Ministers of the Government (if any) who, in the opinion of the Minister, is or are the relevant Minister or relevant Ministers in respect of that body,

make an order providing for the application to the body concerned of the recruitment and appointment provisions of this Act in respect of any position or class of positions concerned.

(2) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section.

(3) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that order.

Annotations

Amendments:

F6

Substituted (1.07.2013) by Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013), s. 72 and sch. 6 item 47, S.I. No. 211 of 2013.

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (17.10.2016) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (Extension of Application to the Position of Director of the Decision Support Service within the Mental Health Commission) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 535 of 2016).

E4

Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (5.05.2016) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (Extension of application to the Policing Authority) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 230 of 2016).

E5

Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (15.08.2007) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (Extension of Application to Health Information and Quality Authority) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 551 of 2007), in effect as per art. 1(2).