The Local Government Staff Negotiations Board (Establishment) Order, 1971

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

S.I. No. 217 of 1971.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF NEGOTIATIONS BOARD (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER, 1971.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1971 , (No. 6 of 1971) hereby Orders as follows:— 1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Staff Negotiations Board (Establishment) Order, 1971. 2. In this Order

"the Act" means the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1971 ;

"the Board" means the body established under Article 3 of this Order;

"the Board Chairman" means the Chairman for the time being of the Board;

"the Council" means the Council established under Article 5 of this Order;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Local Government;

"qualified person" means—

(a) a manager or assistant manager for the purposes of the Acts relating to the management of a county borough, or the personnel officer of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin;

(b) a manager or assistant manager for the purposes of the County Management Acts 1940 and 1955;

(c) a chief executive officer of a health board established under the Health Act, 1970 . 3. A body known as An Bord Comhchaibidlí Foirne Rialtas Áitiúil or, in the English language, the Local Government Staff Negotiations Board is hereby established to provide for the authorities to which the Act applies such services as may be required by those authorities for the purpose of staff negotiations, including proceedings under any scheme of conciliation and arbitration for local authority officers and Labour Court proceedings. 4. (1) The Board shall consist of not more than ten and not less than six qualified persons appointed by the Council in accordance with the requirements of this Article.

(2) At least two of each of the classes of qualified person referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2 of this Order shall be members of the Board.

(3) The term of office of a member of the Board shall be such period not exceeding three years as may be specified by the Council when appointing him and he shall hold office for that period unless he sooner dies, resigns by letter addressed to the Council or ceases to be a qualified person.

(4) The Board shall appoint from amongst its members a Chairman, to be known as the Board Chairman, who shall hold office for one year unless he sooner ceases to be a member of the Board or the Board appoints another person to be Board Chairman.

(5) The quorum of the Board shall be one-third of its members or if the number of members is not a multiple of three, one-third of the next higher number which is a multiple of three.

(6) (a) The Board shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.

(b) The Board Chairman may, at any time, call a meeting of the Board.

(c) If the Board Chairman refuses to call a meeting of the Board after a requisition for that purpose, signed by three members of the Board has been presented to him, any four members of the Board may forthwith, on that refusal, call a meeting of the Board and, if the Board Chairman (without so refusing) does not, within seven days after the presentation of the requisition, call a meeting of the Board, any four members of the Board may, on the expiration of these seven days, call a meeting of the Board.

(7) The proceedings of the Board shall not be invalidated by any vacancy or vacancies among its members or by any defect in the appointment of the Board or any member thereof,

(8) (a) The Board may, by standing orders or otherwise, regulate its own procedure.

(b) In order to facilitate the discharge of the...