Social Welfare Act, 1950

Continuation in office of members of committee of management.

23.—(1) Where, on the 1st day of August, 1950, an appointment of the transfer day either has not been made or, if it has been made, is an appointment of a day after the 1st day of August, 1950—

(a) the persons who, immediately before the 1st day of August, 1950, held office as employers' members, insured persons' (trade union nominees) members and insured persons' (local authorities' nominees) members of the committee of management shall, subject to any vacancies that may occur by reason of death, resignation or disqualification, continue to hold office as such members until the transfer day, and

(b) any vacancy which, on or after the 1st day of August, 1950, and before the transfer day, occurs among such members shall not be filled.

(2) The appointment of employers' members, nomination of insured persons' (trade union nominees) members and election of insured persons' (local authorities' nominees) members of the committee of management to hold office for the year beginning on the 1st day of August, 1950, shall not be carried out and, if any such appointment, nomination or election is carried out, it shall be void.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1950.