Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992
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General provisions in relation to staff. |
11.—(1) (a) A college may appoint such and so many persons to be its officers (in addition to the Director) and servants as, subject to the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, the governing body from time to time thinks proper. | |
(b) The selection of such officers and servants shall be a function of the college in accordance with the procedures which may be determined by the Minister from time to time. | ||
(c) In the case of academic appointments such procedures shall provide that the selection board shall consist mainly of appropriately qualified academics and shall include the Director of the college or a nominee of the Director. | ||
(2) Subject to section 12 of this Act, an officer (including the Director) or servant of a college shall hold office or employment on such terms and conditions as the college, subject to the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time determine. Such terms and conditions shall be exercised or imposed by the college or the Director, as may be appropriate, while such officer or servant is in the service of the college. | ||
(3) A college shall not remove any of its officers (including the Director) from office without the consent of the Minister. | ||
(4) A college, subject to the provisions of section 13 of this Act, may appoint suitable persons to research fellowships, research assistantships and other support posts in relation to the offering of services, on a temporary, part-time or contract basis, subject to such conditions as may be laid down by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(5) A college may perform such of its functions as the governing body may deem proper through or by any of its officers or servants. | ||
(6) There shall, subject to section 12 of this Act, be paid by a college to officers (including the Director) and servants of the college such remuneration and allowances as the college, subject to the approval of the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time determine. | ||
(7) Officers and servants of the college under this section or under section 9 or 12 of this Act shall, for so long as they remain in an authorised post in a college, be members of the college and are in this Act referred to as “the members of the staff”. | ||
(8) The Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1980 , shall apply to a college and its officers and servants (including the Director) as if it were a vocational education committee and they were officers and servants of a vocational education committee but subject to any modifications (including modifications to any scheme or regulations made under the said Act of 1980) which may, with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, be specified in an order made by the Minister. | ||
(9) The provisions of sections 105 , 106 and 107 of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 , and sections 7 and 8 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1944 , shall apply to officers of a college with the substitution of references to the college for references to the vocational education committee. |