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Composition, election, etc. of Voluntary Youth Council.
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15.—(1) The members of a Voluntary Youth Council shall be elected in accordance with this section and the number of members of a Voluntary Youth Council shall, subject to subsection (4), be not less than 10 and not more than 30.
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(2) A person who—
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(a) is engaged in the provision of a youth work programme or a youth work service in a voluntary capacity, and
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(b) is not an employee of a prescribed national voluntary youth work organisation or a designated local voluntary youth work organisation,
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shall be eligible for election to a Voluntary Youth Council.
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(3) An election under this section shall be held in accordance with subsection (4) and shall include a class of candidates for—
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(a) persons who have not attained the age of 25 years, and
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(b) persons engaged in the provision of a youth work programme or a youth work service for young persons within the travelling community,
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and at least one-fifth of the membership of a Voluntary Youth Council shall consist of the class of candidates referred to in paragraph (a).
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(4) An education board may, with the consent of the Minister, issue directions in relation to the election of persons to a Voluntary Youth Council and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such directions may refer to all or any of the following—
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(a) voting procedures,
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(b) nomination of candidates,
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(c) the appointment of a returning officer for the election of members to a Voluntary Youth Council,
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(d) the requirements for holding a poll or deeming persons elected where the number of candidates is less than or equal to the number of members to be elected to a Voluntary Youth Council,
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(e) the number, in accordance with subsection (I), of members of each Voluntary Youth Council,
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(f) the appointment of an education board to organise and supervise the elections,
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(g) the classification of candidates,
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(h) the voluntary youth work organisations that may nominate persons for election in relation to the classification of candidates,
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(i) the voluntary youth work organisations that may elect persons to a Voluntary Youth Council in relation to the classification of candidates, and
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(j) the filling of casual vacancies.
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(5) A voluntary youth work organisation referred to in paragraph (h) of subsection (4), shall, in nominating candidates for an election under this section, make such nominations in accordance with an appropriate gender balance, as may be determined by the Minister from time to time.
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(6) The term of office of a Voluntary Youth Council shall not exceed a period of 3 years.
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