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Membership.
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11.— (1) The Authority shall consist of not more than 11 members.
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), until the first appointment to the Authority of a person elected by members of its staff in accordance with subsection (5)(d), the Authority shall consist of not more than 10 members.
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(3) The members of the Authority shall be appointed by the Minister, who shall designate one of them as its chairperson.
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(4) In appointing persons to be members of the Authority the Minister shall, subject to subsection (5), have regard to the desirability of their having knowledge or experience of conveyancing practice and procedure, business, finance, management, administration, consumer affairs or any other subject which would, in his or her opinion, be of assistance to the Authority in performing its functions.
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(5) Of the members of the Authority—
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(a) one shall be a person who is a practising barrister nominated by the General Council of the Bar of Ireland,
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(b) one shall be a person who is a practising solicitor nominated by the Council of the Law Society of Ireland,
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(c) one shall be an officer of the Minister,
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(d) one shall be a member of the staff of the Authority elected by secret ballot of such members—
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(i) if notice of the holding of the first election is given before the establishment day, in such manner as the Minister directs in writing, or
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(ii) in any other case, in such manner as the Authority, with the consent of the Minister, determines.
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(6) Subject to subsection (7), members of the Authority shall hold office for a term of 4 years from the date of their appointment.
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(7) (a) Five of the members (excluding the chairperson) first appointed to the Authority shall hold office for a term of 3 years from the date of their appointment, and those members shall be selected by the drawing of lots by the chairperson at a meeting of the Authority to be held for that purpose as soon as may be after the establishment day.
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(b) A member who is not present at the meeting may be so selected.
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(c) The quorum of the meeting is 7.
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(8) A member may resign from the Authority by letter addressed to the Minister.
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(9) The resignation takes effect on the day on which the Minister receives the letter.
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(10) A member holds office as such member until his or her term of office expires, unless he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed from office or otherwise ceases to be a member.
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(11) The Minister may for stated reasons at any time remove from office a member of the Authority for misbehaviour or where the Minister considers that either—
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(a) the member has become incapable through ill health of performing his or her functions as a member, or
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(b) the member’s removal is necessary for the effective performance by the Authority of its functions.
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(12) A member of the Authority ceases to be a member on—
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(a) being adjudicated bankrupt,
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(b) making a composition or arrangement with creditors,
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(c) being sentenced to imprisonment on conviction on indict-ment,
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(d) being convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty,
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(e) being disqualified or restricted from being a director of any company,
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(f) ceasing to be ordinarily resident in the State, or
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(g) if on appointment he or she was a person to whom any paragraph of subsection (5) applied, ceasing to be such a person.
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(13) The chairperson holds office as such chairperson until his or her term of office as a member of the Authority expires, unless he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed from office or otherwise ceases to be a member but, if re-appointed as a member, he or she is eligible to be designated by the Minister as chairperson.
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(14) In making appointments to the Authority the Minister shall have regard to the extent to which each sex is represented in its membership and ensure that an appropriate balance in this respect is maintained.
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(15) Each member of the Authority shall act on a part-time basis and be paid such remuneration (if any) and allowances for expenses as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine.
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