Gaeltacht Act 2012

Amendment of First Schedule to Principal Act.

22.— (1) The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following for paragraph 2:

“2. A member of an tÚdarás other than a member appointed in accordance with section 6(2)(a)(vi) shall, unless the member sooner dies, resigns, becomes disqualified or is removed from office, hold office for such period not exceeding five years as the Minister may determine when appointing him or her.”,

(b) by the substitution of the following for paragraph (3):

“3. A member of an tÚdarás whose term of office expires by the effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment but shall not be appointed to office for more than two consecutive terms.”,

(c) in paragraph 4, by the deletion of “or when the member is elected under Part IV of this Act”,

(d) in paragraph 5(1), by the deletion of “(other than the elected members)”,

(e) by the deletion of paragraph 5(2),

(f) in paragraph 5(3), by the deletion of “or co-opted”,

(g) in paragraph 6, by the deletion of “(other than an elected member)”,

(h) in paragraph 7, by the substitution of the following for subparagraph (1):

“(1) A member of an tÚdarás may resign his or her office by letter addressed to the Minister, and the resignation shall take effect on the date specified in the letter.”,

(i) in paragraph 7(3), by the deletion of “(other than an elected member)”,

(j) in paragraph 7(4), by the deletion of “(other than an elected member)”,

(k) in paragraph 10(4), by the substitution of “Every question” for “Subject to paragraph 5(2) every question”, and

(l) in paragraph 11, by the deletion of “(being a regional committee or other committee established under section 10A or the Evaluation Committee)”.

(2) Notwithstanding the amendment of the First Schedule to the Principal Act by subsection (1), a person elected as a member of an tÚdarás in accordance with Part IV of the Principal Act, prior to the coming into force of this section, shall continue to be a member of an tÚdarás, unless he or she sooner dies or resigns from an tÚdaras, until 30 September 2012.