National Disability Authority Act, 1999

PART II

National Disability Authority

Chapter I

Establishment, Functions and Procedures, etc.

Establishment of Authority.

6.—(1) There shall be established on the establishment day a body to be known as the National Disability Authority, or in the Irish language as údarás Náisiúnta Míchumais, to perform the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and, with the consent of the Minister, to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.