Teaching Council Act, 2001

PART 2

The Teaching Council

Chapter 1

The Council: General Provisions

Establishment of Teaching Council.

5.—(1) There shall stand established on the establishment day a body to be known as An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta or, in the English language, the Teaching Council, which shall perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.

(2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and, with the consent of the Minister (given with the approval of the Minister for Finance), to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.

(3) The Council may, subject to this Act, regulate its own procedure.

(4) Schedule 1 shall apply to the Council.