National Shared Services Office Act 2017
Number 26 of 2017
NATIONAL SHARED SERVICES OFFICE ACT 2017
REVISED
Updated to 18 April 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the National Shared Services Office Act 2017. 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.
All Acts up to and including Companies (Amendment) Act 2019 (10/2019), enacted 11 April 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including Data Sharing And Governance Act 2019 (Commencement Of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 189 of 2019), made 18 April 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 26 of 2017
NATIONAL SHARED SERVICES OFFICE ACT 2017
REVISED
Updated to 18 April 2019
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
National Shared Services Office
6. Establishment of National Shared Services Office
8. Transfer of certain functions of Minister to Office
9. Delegation of functions to Office
12. Strategy statement of Office
15. Appointment of chief executive of Office
16. Functions of chief executive
17. Accountability of chief executive to Oireachtas Committees
Board of National Shared Services Office
18. Membership and appointment of Board
20. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament
21. Conditions of office of members of Board
Transitional and Consequential Provisions
27. Transfer of staff to Office
28. Transfer of property to Office
29. Transfer of records to Office
30. Transfer of rights and liabilities to Office
31. Continuance of pending legal proceedings
32. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, assets and liabilities to Office
Miscellaneous
34. Amendment of Public Service Management Act 1997
Public service body
Functions of a public service body that may be delegated to the Office
Acts Referred to
Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005
Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19)
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8)
Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998
Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25)
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22)
European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005
Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)
Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11)
Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (No. 29)
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)
Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33)
Public Service Management Act 1997 (No. 27)
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014
Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (No. 31)
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015
Number 26 of 2017
NATIONAL SHARED SERVICES OFFICE ACT 2017
REVISED
Updated to 18 April 2019
An Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the National Shared Services Office; to provide for the transfer to that body of certain functions of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform relating to the provision of certain services to public service bodies; to provide for the delegation to that body of certain functions of public service bodies relating to those services; to provide for the amendment of the Public Service Management Act 1997; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
[26th July, 2017]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: