Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act, 2000

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Establishment of Commission.

3.—(1) On the establishment day there shall stand established a commission, to be known as An Coimisiún chun Drochúsáid Leanaía Fhiosrú, or, in the English Language, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.

(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and it shall have power to sue and may be sued in its corporate name.

(3) The Commission and its members shall be independent in the performance of their functions.

(4) When the Minister is satisfied, after consultation with the Chairperson, that the Commission and the Committees have completed the performance of their functions, he or she may by order dissolve the Commission and the Committees and may, subject to the provisions of this Act, include in the order such incidental, ancillary or consequential provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

(5) When the order under subsection (4) is proposed to be made, a draft of the order shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.