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Youth work committee.
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17.—(1) An education board shall appoint a youth work committee which—
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(a) shall make recommendations to the education board concerned on the performance by such education board of its functions under this Act, and
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(b) may advise the education board on any matter in respect of which the education board has requested such advice.
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(2) Where an education board, having considered a recommendation made under paragraph (a) of subsection (1), decides, by a resolution of such education board, not to implement a recommendation made to it by the youth work committee the education board shall, as soon as may be, notify the Minister in writing of, and state the reasons for, such decision.
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(3) The Minister may, in relation to the notification of a decision referred to in subsection (2), consult with the education board concerned and issue directions to such education board in relation to such decision and the education board shall comply with any such directions.
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(4) An education board may remove a member of the youth work committee from such membership.
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(5) A youth work committee shall appoint a member of the committee to act as chairperson and shall appoint a vice-chairperson who shall, in the absence of the chairperson, carry out the functions of the chairperson.
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(6) A member of a youth work committee shall not receive any remuneration for acting as a member of such youth work committee but the education board concerned may make payments, in accordance with a rate determined by such education board, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, to a member for travelling and subsistence expenses incurred by the member in respect of the business of the youth work committee.
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(7) A youth work committee shall regulate, by standing order or otherwise, its procedure or business.
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(8) The term of office of a youth work committee appointed under this section shall not exceed a period of 3 years.
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