Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956

Regulations in respect of competitions.

16.—(1) Where it is proposed to hold a competition for appointment to one or more positions, the Commissioners shall make regulations which shall include provisions in relation to the following matters—

(a) the type or types of test of which the competition shall consist,

(b) where the competition is to be in whole or in part a written examination, the subject or subjects of the written examination,

(c) the mode of application for admission to the competition,

(d) the manner in which the order of merit of the candidates is to be determined.

(2) The Commissioners may, in making regulations under subsection (1) of this section in relation to a competition, provide, in addition to the matters specified in the said subsection (1), for all or any of the following matters—

(a) the confining of the competition to citizens of Ireland,

(b) the confining of the competition to a specified class of persons defined in such manner and by reference to such things (including service in the Civil Service, sex and physical characteristics) as the Commissioners think proper,

(c) the requirement that, where females are not excluded from the competition, a female candidate to be eligible for selection shall be unmarried or a widow,

(d) the age limits for candidates,

(e) the fee to be paid for admission to the competition,

(f) the expenditure (including fees for medical examination) to be met by candidates in satisfying the provisions of the regulations as to health,

(g) such other matters (including qualifications) as the Commissioners think proper.

(3) The Commissioners may, in making regulations under subsection (1) of this section in relation to a competition for an appointment to an unestablished position, provide that the person appointed thereto may, in certain specified circumstances, be subsequently appointed to a specified established position.

(4) The Commissioners may make general regulations relating to all competitions or to competitions for appointments to positions of a particular class, description or grade, and may, in relation to a particular competition, do any of the following things by regulations made under subsection (1) of this section—

(a) provide that all or any of the general regulations shall not apply,

(b) modify all or any of the general regulations.

(5) Regulations under subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this section shall not be made without the consent of the Minister.