Local Government Management Agency (Establishment) Order 2012.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Local Government Management Agency (Establishment) Order 2012.
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paragraphs: This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of August 2012.
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paragraphs: (1) In this Order—
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paragraphs: A body known as An GhnÃ­omhaireacht BainistÃ­ochta Rialtais Ã?itiÃºil or, in the English language, the Local Government Management Agency is hereby established to provide the services specified under Article 5 of this order for and behalf of:
(a) Local Authorities and for such bodies as may, from time to time, stand designated pursuant to section 3(2) of the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971 ,
(b) Managers, and,
(c) the Minister
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paragraphs: The Services to be provided by the Agency may include the functions provided for in the following:
(a) the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971 (Transfer of Function of the Local Government Computer Services Board) Order 2012;
(b) the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971 (Transfer of Functions of the Local Government Management Services Board) Order 2012
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paragraphs: (1) Not less than six and not more than eight members of the Local Government Management Agency shall be appointed by the Council and not less than one and not more than three members shall be appointed by the Minister.
(2) The members of the Local Government Management Agency shall constitute a Board which shall conduct the Agency’s business and a reference in this Order to a Board member shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Agency.
(3) The Board shall consist of—
(a) not less than six and not more than eight qualified persons appointed by the Council in accordance with the requirements of this article, and
(b) not less than one and not more than three serving officers of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government as the Minister shall appoint from time to time.
(4) The term of office of a member of the Board appointed by the Council shall be such period not exceeding three years as may be specified by the Council upon such appointment and such member shall hold office for that period unless he or she sooner dies, resigns by letter addressed to the Chairperson of the Council or ceases to be a qualified person.
(5) The term of office of a member of the Board appointed by the Minister shall be such period as the Minister shall determine upon such appointment and such member shall hold office for that period unless he or she sooner dies, resigns by letter addressed to the Minister or the Minister terminates the appointment.
(6) The Board shall appoint from among its members a Chairperson, to be known as the Board Chairperson, who shall hold office for one year unless sooner ceasing to be a member of the Board or the Board appoints another person to be Board Chairperson.
(7) The quorum for meetings 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.
(8)(a) The Board shall hold such and so many meetings as maybe necessary for the performance of its functions.
(b) The Board Chairperson may, at any time, call a meeting of the Board.
(c) If the Board Chairperson refuses to call a meeting of the Board, having been presented with a requisition for that purpose, signed by three members of the Board, any four members may forthwith, on that refusal, call a meeting of the Board and, if the Board Chairperson (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 those seven days, call a meeting of the Board.
(9) 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.
(10)(a) Subject to the following paragraphs, the Board may, by standing orders or otherwise, regulate its own procedure.
(b) In order to facilitate the discharge of the functions of the Board, the Board may establish such committees as it thinks fit and may appoint to any such committee such members of the Board as are willing to act on the committee and other persons who have special knowledge or experience related to the purpose of the committee.
(c) The Board shall notify the Council and the Minister of the establishment of any committee, of the purpose for which the committee is established and of the names of the members thereof.
(11) A Board member shall cease to be a member of the Board on his or her being requested by the Minister to resign.
(12) A person shall cease to be, and shall be disqualified from being, a Board member where he or she—
(a) is adjudicated bankrupt,
(b) makes a composition or arrangement with creditors,
(c) is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to a term of imprisonment, or
(d) is disqualified or restricted from being a director of any company.
(13) Where a Board member or a member of staff of the Local Government Management Agency—
(a) accepts a nomination as a member of Seanad Ãireann,
(b) is elected to either House of the Oireachtas or to the European Parliament,