Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956
Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say— | |
“the Act of 1924” means the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924 (No. 5 of 1924); | ||
“the appropriate authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3; | ||
“the Civil Service” means the Civil Service of the Government and the Civil Service of the State; | ||
“the Commissioners” means the Civil Service Commissioners appointed or deemed to have been appointed under section 9; | ||
“competition” means a competition held under section 15; | ||
“established position” means a position in which there is rendered established service; | ||
“established service” means service in a capacity in respect of which a superannuation allowance may be granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1954; | ||
“excluded position” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (6) of section 5; | ||
“the former Civil Service Commissioners” means the Civil Service Commissioners appointed under section 1 of the Act of 1924; | ||
“may”, when used in relation to any power conferred on the Commissioners by this Act, shall be construed as permissive and not imperative; | ||
“member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas” does not include an officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Finance; | ||
“officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas” means a person being— | ||
(a) the Clerk or Clerk-Assistant of Dáil Éireann, or Seanad Éireann, or | ||
(b) the Librarian or Assistant Librarian, Houses of the Oireachtas, or | ||
(c) the Superintendent, Houses of the Oireachtas, or | ||
(d) the Captain of the Guard, Houses of the Oireachtas; | ||
“order of merit” means the order in which candidates at a competition are to be placed for the purposes of selection by the Commissioners for appointment; | ||
“position” means a position in the Civil Service, and includes the position held by a member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas; | ||
“the Regulation Act” means the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956; | ||
“scheduled occupation” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section 4; | ||
“unestablished position” means a position which is not an established position, and includes a position which is held on a temporary basis or for a definite limited period. | ||
(2) In this Act, a reference by number to a section is to the section of this Act bearing that number unless it is indicated that a reference to another Act is intended. |