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Voluntary Youth Council.
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14.—(1) The Minister shall appoint, for a functional area as may be prescribed, a Voluntary Youth Council which shall advise such education board as may be prescribed on the preparation or implementation of any matter that is specified in a Development Plan prepared by that education board and relates to such functional area.
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(2) A Voluntary Youth Council, in addition to the function conferred on it by subsection (1), shall—
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(a) provide a forum for the voluntary youth work organisations operating within the prescribed functional area to discuss the provision of youth work programmes and youth work services in such prescribed functional area, and
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(b) nominate persons for appointment to a youth work committee.
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(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection (2), a Voluntary Youth Council shall, in providing such advice and such forum, have regard to—
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(a) the treatment of male and female young persons in relation to access to youth work, and
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(b) the numbers of male and female young persons who are likely to participate in youth work programmes and youth work services.
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(4) The Minister may issue directions to a Voluntary Youth Council in relation to any matter for the purposes of this Act and a Voluntary Youth Council shall comply with any such directions and perform its functions in accordance with any such directions.
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