Fisheries Act, 1980

Staffs of Central Board and regional boards.

25.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and to sections 29 and 30 of this Act, the Central Board or a regional board may, subject to the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for the Public Service, from time to time appoint such and so many persons as it thinks proper to be its officers and servants.

(2) (a) Subject to sections 27 and 28 of this Act, the chief officer of the Central Board or a regional board (whether that officer is described as the Chief Officer or otherwise) shall be appointed by such board with the concurrence of the Minister.

(b) Subject to section 29 of this Act and subsection (4) of this section, such a chief officer shall be paid such remuneration and allowances for expenses and shall hold his employment on such other terms and conditions as the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for the Public Service determines, and different terms and conditions may be determined under this paragraph in relation to the office of chief officer of the Central Board, the office of chief officer of any regional board, and the office of chief officer of any regional board which is of a particular class or description.

(3) Subject to sections 29 and 30 of this Act, the officers, other than the chief officer, and the servants of the Central Board or a regional board shall be paid such remuneration and allowances and shall hold their employment on such terms and conditions as the board concerned shall, with the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for the Public Service, determine.

(4) Where a person who is an officer (including the chief officer) or servant of the Central Board, or of a regional board, is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or for election to either House of the Oireachtas or to the Assembly of the European Communities, or is appointed under section 15 of the Act of 1977 to fill a vacancy in the said Assembly, he shall stand seconded from his employment and shall not be paid, or be entitled to receive, any remuneration or allowances in respect of that employment—

(a) in case he is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, in respect of the period commencing on the acceptance of the nomination and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House,

(b) in case he is nominated for election to either such House or to the said Assembly, in respect of the period commencing on his nomination and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House, or a representative in the said Assembly or fails to be elected or withdraws his candidature, as may be appropriate,

(c) in case he is so appointed to fill such a vacancy, in respect of the period commencing on the date of his appointment and ending when he ceases to be such a representative,

and in addition to the foregoing he shall not be entitled to reckon the whole or any part of that period for any benefits payable under any scheme under section 33 of this Act.

(5) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, or who is for the time being a representative in the Assembly of the European Communities, shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming an officer (including the chief officer) or servant of the Central Board, or of a regional board.