Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1983

Chairman to ensure efficient discharge of business of Board, etc.

6.—(1) It shall be the function of the chairman, or, where he is not available or where the office of chairman is vacant, of the deputy chairman—

(a) to ensure the efficient discharge of the business of the Board, and

(b) to arrange the distribution of the business of the Board among its members.

(2) Where the chairman is of opinion that the conduct of an ordinary member has been such as to bring the Board into disrepute or has been prejudicial to the effective performance by the Board of all or any one or more of its functions, he may in his absolute discretion—

(a) require the member of the Board to attend for interview and there interview the member privately and inform him of such opinion, or

(b) where he considers it appropriate to do so, otherwise investigate the matter and, if he considers it appropriate so to do, report to the Minister the result of the investigation.