Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Act 2015
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Amendment of section 15 of Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 | ||
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3. Section 15 (inserted by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2009 ) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 is amended by inserting the following after subsection (3): | ||
“(4) Without prejudice to the power of the Secretary General to assign responsibility for performance of the functions for which he or she is responsible to members of the staff of the Commission, the functions of the Secretary General may be performed— | ||
(a) during any period of absence on the part of the Secretary General, by such member or members of the staff of the Commission as may have been authorised for that purpose by a direction given by the Secretary General or, in the absence of such a direction, by such member or members of the staff of the Commission as the Commission may authorise for that purpose, or | ||
(b) during any period in which the office of Secretary General is vacant, by such member or members of the staff of the Commission as the Commission may authorise for that purpose.”. |