Dublin Institute of Technology Act, 1992

Establishment of Institute.

3.—(1) There is hereby established an institute of education and training, to be known as Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath or in the English language as the Dublin Institute of Technology, to perform the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(2) The Institute shall be constituted from the institutions specified in the First Schedule to this Act.

(3) Whenever the Minister and the Vocational Education Committee considers that any other educational institution or part of any such institution should be incorporated into the Institute the Minister may, by order, made with the consent of the Minister for Finance, following consultation with the Vocational Education Committee and the Governing Body, amend the said First Schedule by inserting therein the name of the institution or a description of the part thereof to be incorporated and, upon the commencement of the order, such institution or part thereof shall be incorporated into the Institute as may be prescribed by such order.

(4) The Institute shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire, hold and dispose of land.