Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995

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Chief Executive of Board.

10.—(1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Board (in this Act referred to as “the Chief Executive”) who shall be appointed as such by the Minister on the recommendation of the Civil Service Commissioners and who shall, upon such appointment, be a civil servant in the Civil Service of the State.

(2) The Chief Executive shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him or her by the Board under this subsection.

(3) Such functions of the Chief Executive assigned to him or her under subsection (2) as may be specified by the Chief Executive from time to time may, with the consent of the Board, be performed by such member of the staff of the Board as may be authorised in that behalf by the Chief Executive.

(4) The functions of the Chief Executive assigned to him or her under subsection (2) may be performed during his or her absence or when the post of chief executive is vacant by such of the staff of the Board as may from time to time be designated for that purpose by the Board.