Institutional Burials Act 2022

Terms and conditions of membership of Advisory Board

16. (1) Each member of an Advisory Board shall act on a part-time basis subject to such terms and conditions (other than the payment of remuneration and allowances for expenses) as the relevant Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, determine.

(2) Each member of an Advisory Board shallbe paid by the Director, out of moneys provided to him or her, such remuneration (if any) and allowances for expenses (if any) as the relevant Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, from time to time determine.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) and section 17

(a) a member of an Advisory Board shall hold office for such period, not exceeding the initial period (within the meaning of section 9 ), as the relevant Minister shall specify, and

(b) where the member’s term of office expires with the passage of time, his or her appointment may be extended from time to time by the relevant Minister—

(i) for such period as the relevant Minister shall specify, subject to the condition that a period of extension shall not exceed the initial period or, if the period of operation of the Office stands extended or further extended by order under section 9 (2), that period as so extended or further extended, and

(ii) in the case of a member appointed under section 15 (c), without a further nomination by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

(4) Where a relevant Minister makes an order under section 98 (2), a member of an Advisory Board shall cease to hold office on the day appointed as the dissolution day in that order.