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Uimhir 9 de 1944.
ACHT GAIRM-OIDEACHAIS (LEASÚ), 1944.
[An tionntódh oifigeamhail.]
Míniú.
1.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht Oideachais Ghairme Beatha, 1930 (Uimh. 29 de 1930), arna leasú leis an Acht Oideachais Ghairme Beatha (Leasú), 1936 (Uimh. 50 de 1936);
cialluíonn an focal “oifig” oifig fé choiste gairm-oideachais.
(2) Léireofar mar éinní amháin an tAcht so agus an Príomh-Acht.
Dí-cháiliú maidir le ballraíocht, choistí gairm-oideachais.
2.—(1) Bainfidh Airteagal 12 (ach amháin fo-airteagal (9)) den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, arna leasú le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin, le coistí gairm-oideachais agus a mbaill amhail mar bhaineann sé le comhairlí contaethe agus a mbaill.
(2) Beidh duine dí-cháilithe chun é thoghadh no é cheapadh no é bheith ina bhall de choiste ghairm-oideachais má bhíonn baint aige, go pearsanta no trína pháirtnéir, le haon mhargadh no connradh arna dhéanamh leis an gcoiste sin no má bhíonn sé, go pearsanta no trína pháirtnéir, páirteach i sochar aon mhargaidh no connartha den tsaghas san no aon oibre arna dhéanamh fé údarás an choiste sin.
(3) D'ainneoin éinní atá i bhfo-alt (2) den alt so ní bheidh duine dí-cháilithe chun é thoghadh no é cheapadh no é bheith ina bhall de choiste ghairm-oideachais—
(a) de bhíthin go bhfuair no go ndearna connradh chun go bhfuigheadh, go pearsanta no trína pháirtnéir, aon tsochair no buntáistí arna dtairgsint ag an gcoiste sin don phuiblíocht i bhfuirm oideachais leanúna agus ceárd-oideachais, no
(b) de bhíthin leas do bheith aige, go pearsanta no trína pháirtnéir,—
(i) in aon talamh do dhíol no do léasú, no in airgead do thabhairt ar iasacht don choiste sin, no
(ii) in aon nuachtán inar cuireadh fógrán maidir le gnóthaí an choiste sin, no
(iii) in aon chonnradh leis an gcoiste sin mar scaireánach in aon chuideachtain chó-stuic.
(4) Na tagairtí atá san alt so do choiste gairm-oideachais léireofar iad mar thagairtí fholuíonn tagairtí d'fho-choiste de choiste ghairm-oideachais.
Foiriarratas ar oideachas do thabhairt in abhair áirithe.
3.—Na comhachta atá ag an Aire fé alt 37 (a bhaineann le heasnamh ar an méid oideachais leanúna no ceárd-oideachais a bheidh ar fáil) den Phríomh-Acht beidh ortha, agus is tuigthe go raibh ortha riamh, comhacht chun a fhoiriarraidh ar choiste gairmoideachais socrú áirithe mar luaidhtear san alt san do dhéanamh chun oideachas leanúna no ceárd-oideachas do chur ar fáil in aon abhair is oiriúnach leis do luadh agus d'fhoiriarraidh agus is tuigthe an foiriarratas san do dhéanamh fé réim agus do réir an ailt sin.
An Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht dá leasú.
4.—(1) Leasuítear leis seo Cuid I den Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht tríd an méid seo leanas do scrios:—
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Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1942 agus gach bliain ina dhiaidh sin ... | 6d. fén bpunt |
agus an méid seo leanas do chur isteach ina ionad—
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Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1942 ... | 6d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1943 ... | 6d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1944 ... | 6d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1945 agus gach bliain ina dhiaidh sin ... ... | 7d. fén bpunt |
(2) Leasuítear leis seo Cuid II den Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht tríd an méid seo leanas do scrios—
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Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1940 agus gach bliain ina dhiaidh sin ... ... | 4d. fén bpunt. |
agus an méid seo leanas do chur isteach ina ionad—
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Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1940 ... | 4d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1941 ... | 4d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1942 ... | 4d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1943 ... | 4d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1944 ... | 4d. fén bpunt |
Bliain dar tosach 1adh Abrán, 1945 agus gach bliain ina dhiaidh sin ... ... | 5d. fén bpunt |
Rann-íoc o údaráis rátúcháin chun oideachais leanúna éigeantaigh.
5.—(1) I gcás ina dtárlóidh—
(a) i mbliain airgeadais áitiúil (dá ngairmtear an bhliain reatha sa bhfo-alt so)—
(i) líomatáiste gairm-oideachais no aon chuid áirithe de líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais do bheith ina cheanntar lena mbaineann Cuid V den Phríomh-Acht, no
(ii) ordú do bheith déanta, roimh an 1adh lá d'Eanar, fé alt 60 den Phríomh-Acht á dhearbhú líomatáiste gairm-oideachais no aon chuid áirithe de líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais do bheith ina cheanntar lena mbaineann an Chuid sin V, agus
(b) an tAire do bheith ar an tuairim, tar éis dó breithniú do dhéanamh ar an scéim bhliantúil a bhainfidh leis an gcéad bhliain airgeadais áitiúil eile (dá ngairmtear an neas-bhliain sa bhfo-alt so) arna cur féna, bhráid ag an gcoiste gairm-oideachais don líomatáiste ghairmoideachais sin, nach leor an t-airgead bheidh ar chur an choiste ghairm-oideachais sin fé ailt 43 agus 53 den Phríomh-Acht chun na costais do ghlanadh féna raghaidh an coiste gairm-oideachais sin chun an Chuid sin V do chur i ngníomh i rith na neas-bhliana,
féadfaidh an tAire, tráth nach déanaighe ná an chéad lá d'Eanar sa bhliain reatha, fógra do sheirbheáil ar an údarás rátúcháin don líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais sin á cheangal ar an údarás rátúcháin sin go n-íocfaidís i dteanta an rann-íoca áitiúil bhliantúil don neas-bhliain, leis an gcoiste gairm-oideachais sin alos na neasbhliana agus pé tráth no tráthanna luadhfar sa bhfógra, pé suim (ná raghaidh, i gcás gur contae-bhuirg an líomatáiste gairmoideachais sin no gurb é buirg Dhún Laoghaire é, thar suim is cóionann le ráta dhá phingin fén bpunt ar luach ionrátuithe an líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais sin i dtosach na bliana reatha no, in aon chás eile, thar suim is có-ionann le ráta pingne fén bpunt ar luach ionrátuithe an líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais sin i dtosach na bliana reatha) is oiriúnach leis.
(2) I gcás fógra fé fho-alt (1) den alt so do sheirbheáil ar an údarás rátúcháin do líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais ní foláir don údarás rátúcháin sin déanamh do réir an fhógra.
(3) I gcás fógra fé fho-alt (1) den alt so do sheirbheáil ar an údarás rátúcháin do líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais i rith bliana airgeadais áitiúla agus an líomatáiste gairm-oideachais sin no an chuid de is ceanntar lena mbaineann Cuid V den Phríomh-Acht do scur, i ndeireadh na bliana airgeadais áitiúla san, de bheith ina cheanntar lena mbaineann an Chuid sin V, is tuigthe nár seirbheáladh an fógra.
(4) Aon tsuimeanna is iníoctha fén alt so ag an údarás rátúcháin do líomatáiste ghairm-oideachais cruinneofar iad sa tslí inarb inchruinnithe aon rann-íoc áitiúil bliantúil is iníoctha ag an údarás rátúcháin sin.
(5) Abairtí a húsáidtear san alt so agus a húsáidtear freisin i gCuid IV den Phríomh-Acht, tá leo san alt so na bríonna atá leo fé seach sa Chuid sin IV.
Teora aoise maidir le hoifigí.
6.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire a dhearbhú aon aois áirithe do bheith ina teora aoise le haghaidh gach oifige no le haghaidh oifigí bhaineann le haicme, saghas, no grád áirithe no le haghaidh oifige no oifigí áirithe.
(2) Tiocfaidh gach dearbhú déanfar fén alt so i bhfeidhm sé mhí tar éis lá a dhéanta.
(3) I gcás dearbhú fén alt so do bheith i bhfeidhm de thurus na huaire i dtaobh aon oifige áirithe, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) má bhíonn duine i seilbh na hoifige sin an lá (dá ngairmtear an dáta feidhme sa bhfo-alt so) a thiocfaidh an dearbhú san i bhfeidhm agus go mbeidh ag an duine sin ar an dáta feidhme an aois no níos mó ná an aois (dá ngairmtear an aois imeachta sa bhfo-alt so) a bheidh luaidhte sa dearbhú san mar theora aoise le haghaidh na hoifige sin, scuirfidh an duine sin de bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin, i gcás an lá feidhme do thuitim ar an 31adh lá de Lúnasa bliain ar bith, an 31adh lá de Lúnasa an bhliain sin no, in aon chás eile, an chéad 31adh lá de Lúnasa tar éis an dáta feidhme;
(b) má thárlann, lá ar bith tar éis an dáta feidhme, aon duine bheidh i seilbh na hoifige sin do shlánú na haoise imeachta scuirfidh an duine sin de bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin, i gcás an lá san do thuitim ar an 31adh lá de Lúnasa, an lá san no, in aon chás eile, an chéad 31adh lá de Lúnasa tar éis an lae sin.
(4) I gcás inar gá é chun crícheanna fo-ailt (1) d'alt 44 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1925 (Uimh. 5 de 1925), no aon achtacháin eile bhaineann le hoifigigh do choistí gairm-oideachais do chur ar aoisliúntas is tuigthe, i dtaobh éinne scuirfidh fé fho-alt (3) den alt so de bheith i seilbh oifige, é do theacht chun bheith éagcumasach ar dhualgais na hoifige sin do chólíonadh go héifeachtúil mar gheall ar shean-aois agus is tuigthe, i gcás inar gá é chun crícheanna an Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919, é d'eirghe as an oifig sin le toiliú an Aire.
Oifigigh d'fhionnraighe.
7.—(1) Pé uair a mheasfaidh coiste gairm-oideachais no an tAire, i dtaobh sealbhóra oifige fén gcoiste sin, go bhfuil cúis chun a chreidiúint nár chólíon an sealbhóir sin dualgais na hoifige sin go sásúil no gur mhí-iompair sé é féin maidir leis an oifig sin no go bhfuil sé neamh-oiriúnach ar shlí eile chun bheith i seilbh-na hoifige sin, féadfaidh an coiste sin no an tAire (do réir mar bheidh) an sealbhóir sin d'fhionnraighe o dhualgais na hoifige sin do chólíonadh faid a beifear ag fiosrú i dtaobh an nea-chólíonta no an mhí-iompair no na neamh-oiriúnachta san a bheidh á líomhnadh leis agus ag cinneadh i dtaobh cadé an gníomh smachta (más ann) a déanfar ina thaobh, agus déanfar an fiosrú san a luaithe is caothúil tar éis dáta na fionnraighe sin.
(2) Aon uair fhionnróidh coiste gairm-oideachais duine fén alt so, déanfaidh an coiste sin an fhionnraighe agus fátha na fionnraighe do thuairisciú láithreach don Aire.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire fionnraighe fén alt so d'fhoirceannadh agus mairfidh gach fionnraighe den tsórt san go dtí n-a foirceannadh amhlaidh.
(4) Pé uair a déanfar sealbhóir aon oifige áirithe fé choiste gairm-oideachais d'fhionnraighe fén alt so, bhéarfaidh suas don choiste sin láithreach na leabhair, na dintiúirí, na connartha, na cuntais, na cruthúnachta, na mapaí, na pleananna agus na scríbhní eile go léir a bheidh ina sheilbh no féna choimeád no féna urláimh agus a bhainfidh leis an oifig sin.
(5) Ní híocfar le sealbhóir oifige fionnrófar fén alt so aon luach saothair alos na hoifige sin faid a mhairfidh a fhionnraighe agus an luach saothair do híocfaí i gcaitheamh na tréimhse fionnraighe dá mba ná fionnrófaí é déanfar, ar a fhionnraighe d'fhoirceannadh, é gheallbhruideadh i bpáirt no go hiomlán no é íoc leis no é chur de láimh ar shlí eile, fé mar ordóidh an tAire.
(6) Scuirfidh alt 11 d'Acht na nUdarás nAitiúil (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe), 1926 (Uimh. 39 de 1926), d'éifeacht do bheith aige maidir le hoifigigh agus seirbhísigh coistí gairm-oideachais.
An tAire do chur duine as oifig.
8.—(1) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo isiad so leanas na forais reachtúla chun sealbhóir aon oifige áirithe do chur as an oifig sin, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an sealbhóir sin do bheith neamh-oiriúnach don oifig sin,
(b) an sealbhóir sin do dhiúltú d'aon ordú áirithe tugadh dó go dleathach mar shealbhóir ar an oifig sin do chólíonadh no do chur in éifeacht, no é dá mhí-iompar féin ar shlí eile san oifig sin,
agus, san alt so, léireofar dá réir sin an abairt “forais reachtúla chun duine do chur as oifig”.
(2) Más deimhin leis an Aire de thoradh fiosrúcháin áitiúil aon fhoras de na forais reachtúla chun duine do chur as oifig do bheith ann maidir le sealbhóir aon oifige áirithe, féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú, an sealbhóir sin do chur as an oifig sin.
(3) Más deimhin leis an Aire gur theip ar shealbhóir aon oifige áirithe dualgais na hoifige sin do chólíonadh go sásúil agus gurb é a thuairim é bheith neamh-oiriúnach chun bheith i seilbh na hoifige sin, féadfaidh an tAire—
(a) fógra ag cur na tuairime sin in iúl do chur leis an bpost cláruithe chun an tsealbhóra san ag príomh-oifig an choiste ghairm-oideachais féna mbeidh sé i seilbh na hoifige sin, agus
(b) cóip den fhógra do chur leis an bpost cláruithe chun an choiste ghairm-oideachais sin lá an fhógra san do chur chun siúil,
agus má bhíonn an tuairim chéanna ag an Aire ar cheithre lá déag do bheith caithte o dháta an fhógra agus na cóipe do chur chun siúil agus tar éis dó aon chúis (más ann) a phléidhfidh an sealbhóir sin no an coiste gairm-oideachais leis do bhreithniú féadfaidh an sealbhóir sin do chur as an oifig sin le hordú.
(4) I gcás sealbhóir oifige do chiontú i gcionta do bheir, dar leis an Aire, é bheith neamh-oiriúnach don oifig sin, féadfaidh an tAire an sealbhóir sin do chur as an oifig sin le hordú.
Ailt 6, 7 agus 8 den Acht so do bhaint le seanoifigigh.
9.—Ní foras chun a chointinn ná baineann ailt 6, 7 agus 8 den Acht so le hoifigeach áirithe an t-oifigeach san do bheith in oifig ar dháta an Achta so do rith.
Alt 112 den Phríomh-Acht dá leasú.
10.—Leasuítear leis seo alt 112 (a bhaineann le costais taistil d'oifigigh) den Phríomh-Acht tríd an bhfocal “eile” do chur isteach ann i ndiaidh an fhocail “oifigigh”.
Orduithe, etc., do chúlghairm agus do leasú.
11.—Gach comhacht do bheirtear le haon alt atá sa Phríomh-Acht no san Acht so chun aon ordú no dearbhú no ordachán do dhéanamh, léireofar í mar chomhacht a fholuíonn comhacht chun aon ordú no dearbhú no ordachán déanfar fén alt san do chúlghairm no do leasú.
Athghairm.
12.—Déantar leis seo na hachtacháin a luaidhtear sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so d'athghairm a mhéid a luaidhtear sa tríú colún den Sceideal san.
Gearr-theideal agus có-luadh.
13.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Gairm-Oideachais (Leasú), 1944, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Folóidh an có-luadh, na hAchtanna Gairm-Oideachais, 1930 go 1944, an tAcht so.
AN SCEIDEAL.
Achtachain a hAthghairmtear.
Uimhir agus Bliain | Gearr-theideal | Méid na hAthghairme |
Alt 27. | ||
Alt 4. |
Number 9 of 1944.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1944.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Enactments Repealed.
Acts Referred to | |
No. 29 of 1930 | |
No. 50 of 1936 | |
No. 5 of 1925 | |
No. 39 of 1926 | |
Number 9 of 1944.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1944.
Interpretation.
1.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Principal Act” means the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930) as amended by the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1936 (No. 50 of 1936);
the word “office” means an office under a vocational education committee.
(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act.
Disqualification for membership of vocational education committees.
2.—(1) Article 12 (except sub-article (9)) of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall apply to vocational education committees and their members in like manner as it applies to councils of counties and their members.
(2) A person shall be disqualified for being elected or appointed or being a member of a vocational education committee if he is concerned by himself or his partner in any bargain or contract entered into with such committee or participates by himself or his partner in the profit of any such bargain or contract or any work done under the authority of such committee.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of this section, a person shall not be disqualified for being elected or appointed or being a member of a vocational education committee
(a) by reason of his having by himself or his partner received or contracted to receive any benefits or advantages offered to the public in the nature of continuation education and technical education by such committee, or
(b) by reason of being, by himself or his partner interested—
(i) in the sale or lease of any land or in the loan of money to such committee, or
(ii) in any newspaper in which an advertisement relating to the affairs of such committee is inserted, or
(iii) in any contract with such committee as a shareholder in any joint stock company.
(4) The references in this section to a vocational education committee shall be construed as including references to a sub-committee of a vocational education committee.
Requisition to supply education in particular subjects.
3.—The powers of the Minister under section 37 (which relates to deficiency in supply of continuation education or technical education) of the Principal Act shall include and be deemed always to have included the power to require a vocational education committee to make such particular provision as is mentioned in the said section for the supply of continuation education or technical education in any subjects which he may think fit to specify and require, and such requisition shall be deemed to have been made under and in accordance with the said section.
Amendment of Third Schedule to the Principal Act.
4.—(1) Part I of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the following:—
“
Year commencing on 1st April, 1942 and every subsequent year | 6d. in the pound |
”
and the insertion in lieu thereof of the following—
“
Year commencing on 1st April, 1942 | 6d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1943 | 6d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1944 | 6d. in the pound. |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1945, and every subsequent year | 7d. in the pound |
”
(2) Part II of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the following—
“
Year commencing on 1st April, 1940, and every subsequent year | 4d. in the pound |
”
and the insertion in lieu thereof of the following—
“
Year commencing on 1st April, 1940 | 4d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1941 | 4d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1942 | 4d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1943 | 4d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1944 | 4d. in the pound |
Year commencing on 1st April, 1945, and every subsequent year | 5d. in the pound |
”
Contributions by rating authorities towards compulsory continuation education.
5.—(1) Where—
(a) during a local financial year (in this sub-section referred to as the current year) either—
(i) a vocational education area or any particular part of a vocational education area is a district to which Part V of the Principal Act applies, or
(ii) an order has, before the 1st day of January, been made, under section 60 of the Principal Act, declaring a vocational education area or any particular part of a vocational education area to be a district to which, the said Part V applies, and
(b) the Minister, after considering the annual scheme, relating to the next following local financial year (in this sub-section referred to as the next year), submitted by the vocational education committee for that vocational education area, is of opinion that the moneys which will under sections 43 and 53 of the Principal Act be at the disposal of the said vocational education committee will not be sufficient to defray the expenses of the said vocational education committee in carrying the said Part V into effect during the next year,
the Minister may, not later than the 1st day of January in the current year, serve on the rating authority for such vocational education area a notice requiring that rating authority to pay, in addition to the annual local contribution for the next year, to the said vocational education committee in respect of the next year, at such time or times as may be specified in the notice, such sum (not exceeding in case the said vocational education area is a county borough or the borough of Dún Laoghaire, a sum equal to a rate of two pence in the pound on the rateable value of the said vocational education area at the commencement of the current year or, in any other case, a sum equal to a rate of one penny in the pound on the rateable value of the said vocational education area at the commencement of the current year) as he thinks fit.
(2) Where a notice under sub-section (1) of this section is served on the rating authority for a vocational education area that rating authority shall comply with the notice.
(3) Where a notice under sub-section (1) of this section has been served on the rating authority for a vocational education area during a local financial year and such vocational education area or the part thereof which is a district to which Part V of the Principal Act applies ceases at the expiration of such local financial year to be a district to which the said Part V applies, the notice shall be deemed not to have been served.
(4) Any sums payable under this section by the rating authority for a vocational education area shall be raised in the like manner as any local annual contribution payable by that rating authority is raisable.
(5) Expressions used in this section which are also used in Part IV of the Principal Act have in this section the same meanings as they respectively have in the said Part IV.
Age limit for offices.
6.—(1) The Minister may declare any specified age to be the age limit for all offices or for such offices as belong to a specified class, description, or grade or for one or more specified offices.
(2) Every declaration under this section shall come into force six months after the day on which it is made.
(3) Where a declaration under this section is for the time being in force in relation to any particular office, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) if, on the day (in this sub-section referred to as the operative date) when such declaration comes into force, there is a holder of such office and such holder, on the operative date, reaches or is older than the age (in this sub-section referred to as the retiring age) specified in such declaration as the age limit for such office, such holder shall cease to hold such office on, in case the operative date falls on the 31st day of August in any year, the 31st day of August in that year or, in any other case, the 31st day of August next following the operative date;
(b) if, on a day after the operative date, any holder of such office reaches the retiring age, such holder shall cease to hold such office on, in case the said day falls on the 31st day of August, the said day or, in any other case, the 31st day of August next following the said day.
(4) Any person who ceases under sub-section (3) of this section to hold an office shall, where necessary for the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 44 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925), or of any other enactment relating to the superannuation of officers of vocational education committees, be deemed to have become incapable of discharging the duties of such office with efficiency by reason of old age and shall, where necessary for the purposes of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919, be deemed to have resigned such office with the consent of the Minister.
Suspension of officers.
7.—(1) Whenever in respect of the holder of an office under a vocational education committee there is, in the opinion of such committee or of the Minister, reason to believe that such holder has failed to perform satisfactorily the duties of such office or has misconducted himself in relation to such office or is otherwise unfit to hold such office, such committee or the Minister (as the case may be) may suspend such holder from the performance of the duties of such office while such alleged failure, misconduct, or unfitness is being inquired into and the disciplinary action (if any) to be taken in regard thereto is being determined and such inquiry shall be held as soon as conveniently may be after the date of the suspension.
(2) Whenever a vocational education committee suspend a person under this section, such committee shall forthwith report the suspension and the reasons therefor to the Minister.
(3) The Minister may terminate a suspension under this section and every such suspension shall continue until so terminated.
(4) Whenever the holder of an office under a vocational education committee is suspended under this section, he shall forthwith hand over to such committee all books, deeds, contracts, accounts, vouchers, maps, plans and other documents in his possession, custody, or control which relate to such office.
(5) The holder of an office who is suspended under this section shall not be paid any remuneration in respect of such office during the continuance of his suspension and, upon the termination of his suspension, the remuneration which he would, had he not been suspended, have been paid during the period of suspension shall be wholly or partly forfeited, or paid to him, or otherwise disposed of, as the Minister shall direct.
(6) Section 11 of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926), shall cease to have effect in relation to officers and servants of vocational education committees.
Removal from office by Minister.
8.—(1) For the purposes of this section, the following shall be the statutory grounds for the removal of the holder of an office from such office, that is to say:—
(a) unfitness of such holder for such office,
(b) the fact that such holder has refused to obey or carry into effect any order lawfully given to him as the holder of such office, or has otherwise misconducted himself in such office,
and, in this section, the expression “statutory grounds for removal from office” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied as a result of a local inquiry that any of the statutory grounds for removal from office exists as regards the holder of an office, the Minister may by order remove such holder from such office.
(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that the holder of an office has failed to perform satisfactorily the duties of such office and is of opinion that he is unfit to hold such office, the Minister may—
(a) send by registered post to such holder at the principal office of the vocational education committee under which he holds such office a notice stating the said opinion, and
(b) on the day on which he sends the notice, send by registered post a copy thereof to the said vocational education committee,
and if the Minister, after the expiration of fourteen days from the day on which he sends the notice and the copy thereof and after consideration of the representations (if any) made to him by such holder or the vocational education committee, remains of the said opinion, he may by order remove such holder from such office.
(4) Where the holder of an office is convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Minister, renders him unfit for such office, the Minister may by order remove such holder from such office.
Application of sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Act to existing officers.
9.—The fact that an officer is in office at the date of the passing of this Act shall not be a ground for contending that sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Act do not apply to him.
Amendment of section 112 of the Principal Act.
10.—Section 112 (which relates to travelling expenses for officers) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the word “other” before the word “officers”.
Revocation and amendment of orders, etc.
11.—Every power conferred by any section contained in the Principal Act or this Act to make any order, declaration or direction shall be construed as including a power to revoke or amend any order, declaration or direction made under such section.
Repeals.
12.—The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Short title and collective citation.
13.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1944.
(2) The collective citation, the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1944, shall include this Act.
SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Number and Year | Short title | Extent of repeal |
No. 29 of 1930 | ||
No. 50 of 1936 |