Education and Training Boards Act 2013
Number 11 of 2013
EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 4 April 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013. 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 11 of 2013
EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 4 April 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Education and Training Boards Acts 2013 and 2014: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(12)). The Acts in this group are:
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 1(12) and s. 5(6) and sch. 2 part 6 (in so far as they amend the Education and Training Boards Act 2013)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Technological Universities Act 2018 (3/2018)
• National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (23/2014)
• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)
All Acts up to and including Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2019 (9/2019), enacted 4 April 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Local Authority Members) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 142 of 2019)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Section 32) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 141 of 2019)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Composition of Local Authority Membership) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 272 of 2014)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Local Authority Members) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 271 of 2014)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Election of Staff) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 270 of 2014)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Section 32) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 269 of 2014)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Establishment Day) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 212 of 2013)
• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 211 of 2013)
All statutory instruments up to and including Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Local Authority Members) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 142 of 2019), made 4 April 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 11 of 2013
EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 4 April 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
Education and Training Boards
9. Establishment of education and training boards.
10. Functions of education and training boards.
11. Conferral of additional functions on education and training boards.
15. Functions of chief executive.
16. Delegation of functions of chief executive.
17. Suspension and removal of chief executive by board.
18. Suspension and removal of chief executive by Minister.
21. Joint performance of functions of education and training boards.
22. Cooperation by education and training boards with education or training providers.
23. Function of education and training board performed outside functional area.
25. Accountability of chief executive to Public Accounts Committee.
26. Accountability of chief executive to other Oireachtas committees.
Membership of Education and Training Boards
30. Composition of education and training boards.
31. Election, appointment and term of office of members of education and training boards.
32. Eligibility for membership of an education and training board.
34. Disqualification from membership of an education and training board.
35. Offence to act when disqualified.
36. Resignation from membership.
Regulation of Education and Training Boards
39. Policy directions of Minister.
40. Report on operation of education and training board.
41. Directions following report on operation of an education and training board.
42. Transfer of functions of education and training boards.
43. Removal of members from office.
Committees of Education and Training Boards
45. Finance committee and audit committee.
Finance
48. Deposit of monies standing to credit of education and training board.
53. Acquisition, holding or disposal of land.
Dissolution of Bodies
55. Dissolution of vocational education committees.
56. Liability for loss occurring before establishment day.
57. Transfer of land and other property.
60. Transfer of rights and liabilities, and continuation of leases, licences and permissions.
61. Provisions consequent upon transfer of assets and liabilities.
62. Records of dissolved bodies.
63. Accounts and final annual report of dissolved bodies.
Miscellaneous
64. Repeal of section 2(1)(j) of Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.
65. Repeal of section 24(13) of Act of 1998.
66. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1998.
67. Transition for membership.
69. Saver (Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 and Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992). (Repealed)
70. Transition for scholarships.
71. Saver (Student Support Act 2011).
72. Consequential amendments to other Acts.
Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002
73. Amendment of National Development Finance Agency Act 2002.
Acts Repealed
Statutory Instruments Revoked
Education and Training Boards and Education and Training Board Areas
Education and Training Boards
Composition of Education and Training Boards
Relevant Education and Training Boards
Consequential Amendments to Other Acts
Acts Referred to
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Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 |
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2001, No. 19 |
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2001, No. 24 |
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1993, No. 8 |
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1992, No. 15 |
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1998, No. 51 |
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2012, No. 14 |
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1995, No. 22 |
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1997, No. 2 |
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2002, No. 5 |
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2004, No. 42 |
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2006, No. 25 |
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Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 |
1999, No. 7 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 |
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 |
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2011, No. 10 |
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2007, No. 16 |
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2002, No. 29 |
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2000, No. 39 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 |
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2007, No. 10 |
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2003, No. 29 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 |
2004, No. 33 |
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Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 |
2012, No. 37 |
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1996 to 2011 |
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1992, No. 16 |
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2011, No. 4 |
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1997, No. 39 |
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Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012 |
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1977, No. 10 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 |
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1944, No. 9 |
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2001, No. 23 |
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1930, No. 29 |
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Vocational Education Acts 1930 to 2006 |
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2001, No. 42 |
Number 11 of 2013
EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS ACT 2013
REVISED
Updated to 4 April 2019
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER COORDINATION AND DELIVERY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BODIES TO BE KNOWN AS EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND STAFF OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS 1930 TO 2006, THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNFAIR DISMISSALS ACT 1977, THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY ACT 2002 AND THE EDUCATION ACT 1998, THE REVOCATION OF CERTAIN STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN OTHER ENACTMENTS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
[8th May, 2013]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: