Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956
Operation of the Act. |
20.—(1) This Act shall cease to apply to members of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas on whichever of the following dates is the earlier— | |
(a) the date on which a future Act making provision in relation to the regulation, control and management of members of the staff of the Oireachtas comes into operation, | ||
(b) two years from the commencement of this Act. | ||
(2) This Act applies to— | ||
(a) persons who are civil servants at the commencement of this Act as well as to persons who become civil servants after the commencement of this Act, | ||
but does not apply to— | ||
(b) a Lay Commissioner of the Irish Land Commission, or | ||
(c) save as is provided by subsection (4) of section 3, an officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or | ||
(d) a civilian employed by the Minister for Defence under section 30 of the Defence Act, 1954 (No. 18 of 1954). | ||
(3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting— | ||
(a) section 13 of the British Statute (17 & 18 Vic. c. 99) passed in the year 1854 and entitled “An Act to provide for the Establishment of a National Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts, for the Care of a Public Library, and the Erection of a Public Museum, in Dublin”, or | ||
(b) subsection (4) of section 3 of the Court Officers Act, 1926 (No. 27 of 1926). | ||
(4) Nothing in sections 13 to 16 shall be construed as affecting the Rules for the Government of Prisons, 1947 ( S.R. & O. No. 320 of 1947 ). | ||
(5) Nothing contained in any enactment passed before the commencement of this Act which is inconsistent with this Act shall be construed as affecting the operation of this Act. | ||
(6) Where any question arises whether, for the purposes of this Act, any particular position is or was a position in the Civil Service or any particular person is or was a civil servant, the question shall be decided by the Minister, whose decision shall be final. |