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9 1991

RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION ACT, 1991

FIRST SCHEDULE

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

Section 6 .

1. The Institute shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and, with the consent of the Minister, to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.

2. The Institute shall consist of a chairman, and not less than 6 or more than 11 ordinary members, who shall be appointed to be members of the Institute by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

3. Of the members of the Institute—

(a) not more than 5 shall be persons engaged in, or having knowledge or experience (being knowledge or experience that the Minister considers appropriate for membership of the Institute) of or in relation to any of the following subjects: agriculture, food, physics, engineering, medicine, dentistry, radiology, radiography, nuclear medicine, medical physics, radiotherapy or radiological safety matters generally,

(b) not more than 6 shall be persons nominated for appointment as members of the Institute by such organisations as the Minister may determine that are representative of persons engaged in the activities listed in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph; and the Minister may appoint as members of the Institute one or more persons nominated under this subparagraph by such an organisation as aforesaid or one or more persons nominated by a group, designated by the Minister, of such organisations as aforesaid.

4. The Chairman of the Institute may at any time resign his office by letter addressed to the Minister.

5. The Minister may with the consent of the Minister for Finance at any time remove the Chairman of the Institute from office.

6. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Chairman of the Institute shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, determine.

7. The Chairman of the Institute shall be paid, out of moneys at the disposal of the Institute, such remuneration and allowances for expenses incurred by him as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, determine.

8. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, each ordinary member of the Institute shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine.

9. The period of office of the Chairman or of an ordinary member of the Institute shall be such period, not exceeding five years, as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine when appointing him.

10. A member of the Institute including the Chairman whose term of office expires by effluxion of time shall be eligible for re-appointment as a member of the Institute.

11. The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, at any time remove an ordinary member of the Institute from office.

12. An ordinary member of the Institute may resign his office as a member by letter addressed to the Minister.

13. A member of the Institute including the Chairman shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office if he is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with creditors or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to a term of imprisonment or penal servitude.

14. Each ordinary member of the Institute shall be paid, out of moneys at the disposal of the Institute, such remuneration (if any) and allowances for expenses incurred by him (if any) as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, sanction.

15. The Institute shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.

16. The Minister may fix the date, time and place of the first meeting of the Institute.

17. The quorum for a meeting of the Institute shall be at least 50 per cent. of the number of persons, including the Chairman, appointed as members of the Institute.

18. At a meeting of the Institute—

(a) the Chairman of the Institute shall, if present, be the chairman of the meeting, and

(b) if and so long as the Chairman of the Institute is not present or if the office of Chairman is vacant, the members of the Institute who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

19. The Chairman of the Institute and each ordinary member of the Institute present at a meeting thereof shall have a vote.

20. Every question at a meeting of the Institute shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

21. (1) A member of the Institute including the Chairman who is either directly or indirectly interested in any company or concern with which the Institute proposes to make any contract, or in any contract which the Institute proposes to make:

(a) shall disclose to the Institute the fact and the nature of such interest at the meeting of the Institute at which the question of entering into such contract is first considered or, if he has no such interest at that time, as soon as may be after he has acquired such interest,

(b) shall take no part in any deliberations of the Institute relating to such contract save to such extent as the other members of the Institute may permit,

(c) shall not vote on a decision relating to such contract, and

(d) shall not be counted in the quorum present at the meeting dealing with such contract.

(2) A disclosure under this paragraph shall be recorded in the minutes of the Institute.

22. The Institute may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy among its members.

23. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Institute shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of the Institute.

24. The Institute shall, as soon as may be after its establishment, provide itself with a seal.

25. The seal of the Institute shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman of the Institute or some other member thereof authorised by the Institute to act in that behalf and the signature of an officer of the Institute authorised by the Institute to act in that behalf.

26. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal of the Institute and every document purporting to be an instrument made by the Institute and to be sealed with the seal (purporting to be authenticated in accordance with paragraph 25 of this Schedule) of the Institute shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such instrument without proof unless the contrary is shown.