MALONE AND WHITEABBEY TRAINING SCHOOLS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND)1956

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MALONE AND WHITEABBEY TRAINING SCHOOLS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND)1956 - SECT 21

Short title and commencement.

21.(1) This Act may be cited as the Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act
(Northern Ireland), 1956.

(2) Commencement

1.(1) The Board shall consist of the members appointed to it by the Minister
and the members co-opted by the Board, if any, in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph.

(2) The Minister shall appoint to the Board twelve members who shall include

Head(a) rep. by 1972 NI 14 art.109(3) sch.18

(b)at least three women.

(3) If a resolution, requesting the Minister to appoint certain other persons
having special qualifications for or experience in the care of children, is
passed by a majority of the members appointed under sub-paragraph (2)
the Minister may in addition appoint not more than three such persons.

(4) If a casual vacancy occurs amongst the members of the Board the Board may
with the approval of the Minister co-opt a person to fill the vacancy by a
resolution passed by a majority of them.

(5) No defect in the appointment of any person acting as a member of the Board
shall vitiate any proceedings of the Board in which he has taken part.

2. The term of office of members of the Board appointed under sub-paragraph
(2) of paragraph 1 shall be three years, and at the end of such term all other
members of the Board, if any, shall also vacate their office.

3.(1) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board to be the
first chairman of the Board and shall appoint another of the members of the
Board to be the first vice-chairman of the Board.

(2) The first chairman and vice-chairman shall hold office until the end of
the first year of their term of office.

(3) At the end of that year and at the end of the following year the Board
shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from amongst its members for a
period of one year; and on the occurrence of a casual vacancy in the office of
chairman or vice-chairman the Board shall elect a chairman or vice-chairman,
as the case may be, who shall hold office until the end of the year in which
he is elected.

4.(1) At the end of each triennial period for which the members of the Board
hold office the Minister shall, in accordance with the procedure set out in
paragraphs 1 and 3, appoint new members and a new chairman and a new
vice-chairman.

(2) An outgoing member, chairman or vice-chairman may be re-appointed.

5. A member may be removed from office by, and may resign by letter addressed
to, the Minister.

6.(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be five.

(2) Every question at a meeting shall be decided by the votes of the majority
of members present and voting.

(3) In case of an equal division of votes at a meeting the chairman of that
meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

(4) The Board may act notwithstanding vacancies in its number so long as that
number is not reduced below three.

(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may regulate, by standing
orders or otherwise, its procedure and business.

7. The common seal of the Board shall, when applied to a document, be attested
by the signature of two members of the Board.

8. Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by an
individual, would not require to be under seal may be entered into or executed
on behalf of the Board by any person generally or specially authorised by the
Board for that purpose.

9. It shall be the duty of every member of the Board who is in any way either
directly or indirectly interested in any contract made or proposed to be made
by the Board to disclose at the first opportunity the nature of his interest
at a meeting of the Board and the disclosure shall forthwith be recorded in
the minutes of the Board and the member who is so interested shall not take
part in any deliberation or decision of the Board with respect to that
contract.

10. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings and each member of the
Board shall have the right to inspect and make extracts from the minutes.

Second Schedule rep. by SLR 1973

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MALONE AND WHITEABBEY TRAINING SCHOOLS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND)1956 - SECT 21