The Medical Bureau of Road Safety (Establishment) Order, 1968

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 241/1968

S.I. No. 241 of 1968.
THE MEDICAL BUREAU OF ROAD SAFETY (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER, 1968.
The Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 37 , 39 and 40 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968), and as respects article 28 with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby orders as follows:
	1 Citation.	1. This Order may be cited as the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (Establishment) Order, 1968.
	2 Interpretation.	2. In this Order—
"the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1968 ;
"Director" means Director of the Bureau;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Local Government.
	3 Establishment of Bureau.	3. (1) There shall be established as on and from the date of this Order a body (in Part V of the Act and in this Order referred to as the Bureau) to perform the functions assigned to it by or under the Act.
(2) The Bureau shall be called and known in the Irish language by the title of An Lia-Bhiúró um Shábháilteacht ar Bhóithre and in the English language by the title of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety.
	4 Tenure of office.	4. The term of office of a member of the Bureau shall be such period as may be specified by the Minister when appointing him, and he shall hold office for the period for which he is appointed unless he sooner dies, resigns or ceases to be a member in accordance with article 5 of this Order.
	5 Cesser of membership of Bureau.	5. A member shall cease to be a member of the Bureau on his being notified in writing by the Minister that his membership of the Bureau has been terminated by the Minister.
	6 Chairman.	6. The Minister shall appoint from amongst the members of the Bureau a Chairman, who shall hold office until he ceases to be a member of the Bureau or until the Minister appoints another person to be Chairman.
	7 Quorum.	7. The quorum for a meeting of the Bureau shall be two.
	8 Meetings.	8. The Bureau shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.
	9 Invalidation of proceedings of Bureau.	9. The proceedings of the Bureau shall not be invalidated by any vacancy or vacancies among its members.
	10 Calling of meetings.	10. (1) The Chairman may, at any time, call a meeting of the Bureau.
(2) If the Chairman refuses or fails to call a meeting of the Bureau within seven days after a requisition for that purpose, signed by two members of the Bureau, has been presented to him, any two members of the Bureau other than the Chairman may thereupon call a meeting of the Bureau.
	11 Chairman of meetings.	11. At a meeting of the Bureau—
(a) the Chairman shall, if he is present, be chairman of the meeting;
(b) if and so long as the Chairman is not present, the members of the Bureau who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
	12 Minutes of meetings.	12. Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the Bureau shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose and shall be signed by the chairman of the meeting or of the next meeting.
	13 Matters to be recorded in minutes.	13. (1) The names of the members present at a meeting of the Bureau shall be recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the Bureau.
(2) The names of the members voting on any question arising at a meeting of the Bureau shall be recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting and the record shall show which members vote for and which against the question.
	14 Remuneration and expenses of members of Bureau.	14. A member of the Bureau may be paid, out of funds at the disposal of the Bureau—
(a) such remuneration as may from time to time be fixed by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and
(b) such amounts in respect of expenses as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, from time to time approves.
	15 Decisions of Bureau.	15. (1) Any act of the Bureau and any question coming or arising before the Bureau may be done and decided by the majority of such members of the Bureau as are present and vote on such act or question at a meeting of the Bureau.
(2) In case of equality of votes on any question arising at a meeting of the Bureau, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
	16 Seal of the Bureau.	16. (1) The Bureau shall provide itself with a seal.
(2) The seal of the Bureau shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman (or some other member of the Bureau duly authorised by the Bureau to act in that behalf) and by the signature of the Director, a person appointed to act as his deputy under subsection (5) of section 39 of the Act, or of an officer of the Bureau duly authorised by the Bureau to act in that behalf.
	17 Accounts, etc.	17. (1) The Bureau shall cause to be kept proper accounts of all income and expenditure in each financial year of the Bureau, and of the sources of such income and the subject-matter of such expenditure and of the property, credits and liabilities of the Bureau.
(2) The financial year of the...