Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Functions of Secretary to Board | ||
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24. (1) The Secretary shall carry on and manage, and control generally, the administration of the Board and perform such other functions (if any) as may be determined by the Board. | ||
(2) The Secretary shall perform his or her functions under this section in accordance with such directions as may be given to him or her from time to time by the Board and shall be accountable to the Board for the performance of those functions. | ||
(3) The Secretary shall not, in the performance of his or her functions under this section, be subject to the direction and control of the Garda Commissioner pursuant to paragraph (a) of section 56 . | ||
(4) The Secretary shall provide to the chairperson of the Board such information in relation to the performance of his or her functions under this section as the Board may require. | ||
(5) The Secretary may, with the consent of the Board, authorise a member of the staff of the Board to perform a specified function of the Secretary and such a member of the staff so authorised may perform the function accordingly. | ||
(6) The Board may designate a member of the staff of the Board to perform the functions of Secretary in the absence of the Secretary or where the office of Secretary is vacant, and a member of the staff of the Board so designated shall, in such absence or upon such office being vacant, perform those functions. | ||
(7) In this section, “member of the staff of the Board” means a member of garda staff assigned by the Garda Commissioner under section 25 (1). |