Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977

Appointment under Act of members and directors.

15.—(1) Where a Minister of State is informed pursuant to section 12 (5) of this Act by a returning officer at an election of the names of candidates elected or declared to have been elected at the election, he shall, as soon as may be, make an appointment under this section in respect of each of those candidates and in relation to the designated body as regards which the election was held.

(2) An appointment under this section shall be in writing and shall specify the designated body in relation to which it is made and the day on and from which and the period during which it is to have effect (which day is in this Act referred to as the “specified day”).

(3) An appointment under this section shall operate to appoint the person in respect of whom it is made,

(a) in case the appointment is made in respect of any of the following designated bodies, namely, Bord na Móna, Córas Iompair Éireann, or the Electricity Supply Board, to membership of the designated body in respect of which it is made, and

(b) in case the appointment is made in respect of a designated body which is a company, a director of the body.