Civil Defence Act, 2002

Establishment of Board.

7.—(1) There shall stand established on the establishment day a body to be known as the Civil Defence Board or, in the Irish language, an Bord Cosanta Sibhialta, to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.

(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and with power—

(a) to sue and be sued in its corporate name, and

(b) with the consent of the Minister, to hold and dispose of land or an interest in land, and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.

(3) Schedule 2 applies to the Board.