Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999

Interim chief executive.

51.—(1) The Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, may appoint a person to be the interim chief executive of a relevant body.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), the interim chief executive, if any, of a relevant body shall hold office for such period (which period shall not in any case exceed three years after the establishment of the relevant body concerned) and on such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, fees, allowances and expenses) as may be determined by that body with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

(3) Where an interim chief executive appointed under subsection (1) ceases to hold office for any reason before the expiration of the period of his or her appointment, the Minister may appoint a person who shall be known as the interim chief executive who shall hold office for such period (which period shall not in any case exceed the remainder of the term of office of the person who occasioned the vacancy he or she is appointed to fill) and on such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, fees, allowances and expenses) as may be determined by the relevant body concerned with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

(4) When a chief executive is appointed under section 50 , the interim chief executive of the relevant body concerned, if any, shall cease to hold office.

(5) Until the appointment of a chief executive to the relevant body concerned under section 50 , the interim chief executive, if any, of that body shall perform all of the functions of a chief executive under this Act.

(6) References in this Act to a chief executive shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include an interim chief executive.