Irish Legal Terms Act, 1945

The Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee.

2.—(1) There shall be and is hereby constituted a committee to be styled the Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(2) The Committee shall consist of—

(a) a Judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court nominated from time to time as occasion requires by the Government;

(b) a Judge of the Circuit Court nominated from time to time as occasion requires by the Government;

(c) a Justice of the District Court nominated from time to time as occasion requires by the Government;

(d) a practising barrister nominated from time to time as occasion requires by the Council of the Bar of Ireland;

(e) a practising solicitor nominated from time to time as occasion requires by the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland;

(f) a member of the Oireachtas Translation Staff nominated from time to time as occasion requires by the Government;

(g) such other person or persons as the Government may from time to time nominate.

(3) Each of the members of the Committee referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of subsection (2) of this section shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns or ceases to be (as the case may be) a Judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court, a Judge of the Circuit Court, a Justice of the District Court, a practising barrister or a practising solicitor, hold office for a period of five years from the date of his nomination but shall, in case his membership expires by effluxion of time, be eligible for re-nomination.

(4) Each of the members of the Committee referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g) of subsection (2) of this section shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government.

(5) The Judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court who is for the time being a member of the Committee shall be chairman of the Committee.

(6) The following members of the Committee shall act as joint secretaries of the Committee:—

(a) the member nominated under paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of this section, and

(b) the member nominated under paragraph (g) of the said subsection or such one of the members so nominated as the Government may from time to time select,

and there shall be paid to each joint secretary such remuneration (if any) as the Minister for Finance may from time to time direct.

(7) The quorum of the Committee shall be four members.

(8) The Committee may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies in its membership.