Institutes of Technology Act 2006

Amendment of section 9 of DIT Act.

35.— Section 9 of the DIT Act is amended—

(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The Governing Body shall from time to time appoint in a whole-time capacity a person to be the President and Chief Officer of the Institute.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by substituting “An tÚdarás” for “the Minister”, and

(c) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (4) (inserted by the Dublin Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994 ):

“(4) Where the office of President becomes vacant, the Governing Body, after consultation with An tÚdarás, may appoint a person to perform the functions of the President until such time as a permanent appointment to that office is made and such interim appointment may be terminated by the Governing Body at any time.”.