Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Terms of appointment and conditions of office of members of Authority | ||
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125. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a member of the Authority shall hold office, unless the member sooner dies, resigns, becomes disqualified or is removed from office, for such period, not exceeding 4 years from the date of his or her appointment, as the Government shall determine. | ||
(2) Of the ordinary members of the Authority that are first appointed under this Act— | ||
(a) 4 members shall hold office for a period of 4 years from the date of their respective appointments as such ordinary members, and | ||
(b) 4 members shall hold office for a period of 3 years from the date of their respective appointments as such ordinary members. | ||
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a member of the Authority whose term of office expires by the effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment as a member of the Authority. | ||
(4) A person who is reappointed as a member of the Authority in accordance with subsection (3) shall not hold office for periods the aggregate of which exceeds 8 years. | ||
(5) Where it is proposed to reappoint a person as a member of the Authority, it shall not be necessary for the person— | ||
(a) to participate in a selection competition undertaken by the Service under section 124 , | ||
(b) to be recommended by the Service in accordance with section 124 for appointment, or | ||
(c) to be recommended for appointment by a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas in accordance with section 123 (3). | ||
(6) The members of the Authority shall hold office upon such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances for expenses) as may be determined by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, at the time of appointment or reappointment. | ||
(7) A member of the Authority may resign from office by notice in writing to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date the Minister receives the notice or, if a date is specified in the notice and the Government agree to that date, on that date. | ||
(8) Subject to section 130 (8), the Authority may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies in its membership. |