Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015

Resignation from membership

43. (1) A member of the Forum may resign by notice in writing to the Chairperson or, where that member is the Chairperson, by notice in writing to the Chief Executive.

(2) A resignation under subsection (1) shall take effect on—

(a) the date specified in the notice, or

(b) where no date is specified in the notice, the date on which the Chairperson or Chief Executive, as the case may be, receives the notice.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a person shall be taken to have resigned as a member of the Forum where the person is absent from more than 50 per cent of the meetings of the Forum held during any year (in this section referred to as the “relevant period”).

(4) Where the Forum accepts, by resolution passed before the end of the relevant period, that the absence of the member was due to illness or in good faith for another reason, the relevant period shall stand extended by 6 months.

(5) Where the absence of the member continues uninterrupted for the relevant period extended by 6 months under subsection (4), and the Forum accepts that the absence of the member was due to illness or in good faith for another reason, the relevant period shall stand extended by a further 6 months.

(6) A member is taken to have resigned on the next day after—

(a) in the case of subsection (3), the end of the relevant period,

(b) in the case of subsection (4), the end of the relevant period as extended by 6 months under that subsection, or

(c) in the case of subsection (5), the end of the relevant period as extended by a further 6 months under that subsection.

(7) A person who resigns as a member of the Forum under this section also ceases on such resignation to be a member of any body to which he or she was elected, nominated or appointed by the Forum.