Children Act, 2001

Chief Executive of Board.

237.—(1) There shall be a chief officer of the Board who shall be known, and is referred to in this Part, as the “Chief Executive”.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board with the consent of the Ministers and the Minister for Finance.

(3) There shall be paid by the Board to the Chief Executive such remuneration and allowances as the Ministers, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time determine.

(4) The Chief Executive shall not hold any other office or position without the consent of the Board.

(5) The Chief Executive shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him or her by the Board.

(6) Such functions of the Chief Executive as may be specified by him or her from time to time may, with the consent of the Board, be performed by such member of the staff of the Board as may be authorised in that behalf by the Chief Executive.

(7) The functions of the Chief Executive may be performed, during his or her absence or when the post of Chief Executive is vacant, by such members of the staff of the Board as may from time to time be designated for that purpose by the Board.