Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986

Chairman and vice-chairman of Agency.

6.—(1) The Minister shall appoint two members of the Agency to be chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Agency.

(2) Where the chairman or vice-chairman of the Agency ceases to be a member of the Agency he shall also thereupon cease to be chairman or vice-chairman, as the case may be, of the Agency.

(3) The chairman or vice-chairman of the Agency may at any time resign his office as chairman or vice-chairman, as the case may be, by letter sent to the Minister and the resignation shall, unless previously withdrawn in writing, take effect at the commencement of the meeting of the Agency held next after the Agency has been informed by the Minister of the resignation.

(4) (a) The chairman of the Agency shall, unless he sooner dies or otherwise ceases to be chairman by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) of this section, hold office until the expiration of his period of membership of the Agency but, if he is re-appointed as a member of the Agency, he shall be eligible for re-appointment as a chairman of the Agency.

(b) The vice-chairman of the Agency shall, unless he sooner dies or otherwise ceases to be vice-chairman by virtue of the said subsection (2) or (3), hold office until the expiration of his period of membership of the Agency but, if he is re-appointed as a member of the Agency, he shall be eligible for re-appointment as vice-chairman of the Agency.