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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make further provision for industrial and commercial
training; to raise the limit on contributions out of the Northern
Ireland National Insurance Fund towards the expenses of the Ministry
of Labour and National Insurance in providing training courses; and
for purposes connected with those matters.
[30th June 1964]
Establishment of industrial training boards.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 1

1.(1) For the purpose of making better provision for the training
of persons over compulsory school age for employment in any
activities of industry or commerce the Ministry may make an order
specifying those activities and establishing a board to exercise in
relation to them the functions conferred on industrial training
boards by the following provisions of this Act.

(2) In this Act

"compulsory school age" has the meaning given to it by section 33
of the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947;

"industrial training board" means a board established under this
section;

"industrial training order" means an order under this section;

"the industry", in relation to an industrial training board, means
the activities in relation to which the board exercise functions;
and

"the Ministry" means the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance.

(3) The provisions of Schedule 1 shall have effect with respect to
industrial training boards.

(4) Before making an industrial training order the Ministry shall
consult any organisation or association of organisations appearing to
the Ministry to be representative of substantial numbers of employers
engaging in the activities concerned and any organisation or
association of organisations appearing to the Ministry to be
representative of substantial numbers of persons employed in those
activities; and if those activities are carried on to a substantial
extent by a body established for the purpose of carrying on under
public ownership any industry or part of an industry or undertaking,
shall also consult that body.

(5) An industrial training order may provide for any incidental or
supplementary matter for which it appears to the Ministry to be
necessary or expedient to provide.

(6) Every industrial training order shall be subject to negative
resolution.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 2
Functions of industrial training board.

2.(1) An industrial training board

(a)shall provide or secure the provision of such courses or other
facilities (which may include residential accommodation) for the
training of persons employed or intending to be employed in the
industry as may be required, having regard to any courses or
facilities otherwise available to such persons;

(b)may approve such courses or facilities provided by other persons;

(c)shall from time to time consider such employments in the industry
as appear to the board to require consideration and publish
recommendations with regard to the nature and length of the training
for any such employment and the further education to be associated
with the training, the persons by and to whom the training ought
to be given, the standards to be attained as a result of the
training and the methods of ascertaining whether those standards have
been attained;

(d)may apply or make arrangements for the application of selection
tests and of tests or other methods for ascertaining the attainment
of any standards recommended by the board and may award certificates
of the attainment of those standards;

(e)may assist persons in finding facilities for being trained for
employment in the industry;

(f)may take part in any arrangements made by the Ministry under
section 2(2) of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland)
1950 with respect to the industry ...;

(g)may carry on or assist other persons in carrying on research
into any matter relating to training for employment in the industry.

(2) An industrial training board may enter into contracts of service
or apprenticeship with persons who intend to be employed in the
industry and to attend courses or avail themselves of other
facilities provided or approved by the board.

(3) An industrial training board may, at the request of another
industrial training board, provide courses or other facilities for
the training of persons employed or intending to be employed in the
industry for which that other board are established.

(4) An industrial training board may

(a)pay maintenance or travelling allowances to persons attending
courses provided or approved by the board;

(b)make grants or loans to persons providing courses or other
facilities approved by the board;

(c)pay fees to persons providing further education in respect of
persons who receive it in association with their training in courses
provided or approved by the board.

(5) An industrial training board shall exercise their functions under
this section in accordance with proposals submitted to the Ministry
and approved by the Ministry under section 7.

(6) An industrial training board shall give to the Ministry such
information or facilities for obtaining information with regard to
the exercise of their functions, in such manner and at such times
as the Ministry may reasonably require.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 3
Establishment of committees.

3.(1) An industrial training board may, in accordance with proposals
submitted to and approved by the Ministry under section 7

(a)appoint committees (which need not include members of the board);

(b)join with one or more other industrial training boards in
appointing joint committees consisting of such persons (whether or
not members of an industrial training board) as may be determined
by the boards;

(2) An industrial training board may pay or, as the case may be,
join in paying, to the members of such a committee such travelling,
subsistence or other allowances as the board or boards may
determine, and to the chairman such remuneration as the board or
boards may with the approval of the Ministry and the Ministry of
Finance determine.

(3) Subject to any directions of the board or boards which
appointed them, a committee appointed under this section may regulate
their own procedure and fix a quorum for their proceedings.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 4
Levies.

4.(1) For the purpose of raising money towards meeting their
expenses an industrial training board shall from time to time
impose, in accordance with an order made by the Ministry (in this
section referred to as a "levy order"), a levy on employers in the
industry, other than such, if any, as may be exempted by the levy
order or the industrial training order.

(2) A levy order shall give effect to proposals submitted to and
approved by the Ministry under section 7, and without prejudice to
the provisions of section 17 of the Interpretation Act (Northern
Ireland) 1954 such proposals may provide for the amendment of a
previous levy order and may make different provision in relation to
different classes or descriptions of employer.

(3) A levy order may contain provisions as to the evidence by
which a person's liability to the levy or his discharge of that
liability may be established and as to the time at which any
amount payable by any person by way of the levy shall become due
and recoverable by the industrial training board, and shall give any
person assessed to the levy a right of appeal to an appeal
tribunal constituted under this Act.

(4) Every levy order shall be subject to negative resolution.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 5
Grants and loans, etc.

5.(1) The Ministry may with the approval of the Ministry of Finance
make grants or loans to an industrial training board out of moneys
provided by Parliament.

(2) An industrial training board may, with the consent of the
Ministry or in accordance with the terms of any authority given by
the Ministry, borrow temporarily from any other person by way of
overdraft or otherwise such sums as the board may require.

(3) The aggregate of the grants and loans made under subsection (1)
shall not exceed one million, five hundred thousand pounds or such
greater amount as the Ministry with the consent of the Ministry of
Finance may by order determine.

(4) Every order under subsection (3) shall be subject to affirmative
resolution of the Commons.

(5) An industrial training board may give security for any money
borrowed by them.

(6) An industrial training board shall not invest any money
otherwise than in such manner as the Ministry and the Ministry of
Finance may approve.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 6
Power to obtain information from employers.

6.(1) Where an industrial training board have been established, the
Ministry may require employers in the industry to furnish such
returns or other information and to keep such records and produce
them for examination on the Ministry's behalf as appear to the
Ministry to be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(2) An industrial training board and any person assessing and
collecting a levy on behalf of the board may require employers in
the industry to furnish such returns or other information of a kind
approved by the Ministry and to keep such records of a kind
approved by the Ministry and produce them for examination on behalf
of the board as appear to the board to be necessary for carrying
out their functions.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), returns and other information
furnished in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this section
and any information obtained on an examination made in pursuance
thereof shall not, without the consent of the employer to whose
business the returns or information relate, be disclosed otherwise
than to

(a)the Ministry or an officer of the Ministry; or

(b)an industrial training board or a committee appointed by such a
board, or an officer of such a board or committee or any person
entitled to take part in the proceedings of such a board; or

(c)the Northern Ireland Training Executive or a member of or person
employed by the Executive.

(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply

(a)to the disclosure of returns or information in the form of a
summary of similar returns or information furnished by or obtained
from a number of employers, if the summary is so framed as not to
enable particulars relating to any individual business to be
ascertained from it;

(b)to any disclosure of information made for the purposes of any
legal proceedings pursuant to this Act or any criminal proceedings,
whether pursuant to this Act or not, or for the purposes of any
report of any such proceedings.

(5) A certificate purporting to be issued by the Ministry and
stating that the Ministry has approved any kind of information,
return or record for the purposes of subsection (2) shall in any
legal proceedings be evidence of the facts stated in the
certificate.

(6) If any person fails to comply with any requirement made under
subsection (1) or subsection (2) he shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or on a
second or subsequent conviction two hundred pounds.

(7) If any person

(a)knowingly or recklessly furnishes, in pursuance of any requirement
made under subsection (1) or subsection (2), any return or other
information which is false in a material particular; or

(b)wilfully makes a false entry in any record required to be
produced under either of those subsections or, with intent to
deceive, makes use of any such entry which he knows to be false;
or

(c)discloses any information in contravention of subsection (3);

Proposals for exercise of board's functions and for levies.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 7

7.(1) An industrial training board shall from time to time, and
whenever directed by the Ministry, submit to the Ministry for the
Ministry's approval

(a)proposals for the exercise of the functions conferred on the
board by section 2 and for the establishment of committees under
section 3 and the delegation to them of all or any of those
functions; and

(b)proposals for the raising and collection of a levy.

(2) Where an industrial training board

(a)have failed to comply within a reasonable time with a direction
of the Ministry under subsection (1) to submit to the Ministry such
proposals as are mentioned in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b)
thereof; or

(b)have submitted to the Ministry such proposals which appear to the
Ministry unsatisfactory;

(3) On the making of an order under subsection (2) the members of
the industrial training board and of any committee appointed by the
board shall forthwith vacate their office and the order may contain
such provisions as seem to the Ministry expedient for authorising
any person to act in the place of the members of the board, or,
as the case may be, of the members of any such committee, during
such period, not exceeding six months, as may elapse before new
members are appointed.

(4) While an order under subsection (2) is in force with respect
to an industrial training board paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 and any
provision of the industrial training order made by virtue of
paragraph 7(1)(a) of that Schedule shall not apply in relation to
that board, and accordingly (without prejudice to any provision made
under subsection (5)) paragraph 5 of that Schedule shall not apply.

(5) An order under subsection (2) may contain such incidental or
supplementary provisions as appear to the Ministry to be necessary
or expedient.

(6) The Ministry may out of moneys provided by Parliament defray
the expenses of any person acting in the place of the members of
an industrial training board in pursuance of subsection (3) and
recover from the board any expenses so defrayed.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 8
Reports and accounts of industrial training boards.

8.(1) An industrial training board shall keep proper accounts and
other records in relation to the accounts and prepare in respect of
each of their financial years a statement of account in such form
as the Ministry may, with the approval of the Ministry of Finance,
determine.

(2) The accounts of an industrial training board shall be audited
by auditors appointed by the board and no person shall be qualified
to be so appointed unless he is a member of a body of accountants
[established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised
for the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 155(1) of the
Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 by the Ministry of Commerce.]
[for the time being listed in Article 26(1)(a) of the Companies
(Northern Ireland) Order 1978.]

(3) An industrial training board shall for each of their financial
years make a report of their activities to the Ministry and that
report shall include a statement of the accounts of the board for
that year together with a copy of any report made by the auditors
on the accounts.

(4) The Ministry shall cause a copy of every such report to be
laid before Parliament.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 9
The Northern Ireland Training Executive.

9.(1) There shall be a body to be called the Northern Ireland
Training Executive (in this Act referred to as "the Executive") the
functions of which shall be to provide, on the directions of an
industrial training board, any secretarial or administrative services
required by that board.

(2) The provisions of Schedule 2 shall have effect with respect to
the Executive.

(3) The services provided by the Executive shall include

(a)the collection of a levy imposed under section 4(1) on an
industry by a board, or a levy imposed by an order of the
Ministry to which section 10(3) applies;

(b)the maintenance of separate accounts relating to the income and
expenditure of each board;

(c)the obtaining of such returns or other information as may be
required by a board and the maintenance of records on behalf of
the board;

(d)the payment of salaries, wages or allowances, at rates determined
by a board, to employees of or persons being trained by the board;

(e)the purchase, on the instructions of a board, of any land, plant
or equipment that may be required by the board in the performance
of their functions;

(f)the making of payments on behalf of a board to persons providing
courses or other facilities approved by the board;

(g)the provision of facilities of any kind for meetings of a board
or of a committee appointed under section 3; and

(h)such other services required by a board in the performance of
their functions as the board, with the approval of the Ministry,
may direct.

(4) Any sum of money that the Executive are authorised to collect
may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recovered by the
Executive summarily as a debt.

(5) The expenses of the Executive shall be defrayed by means of
contributions from each industrial training board, being contributions
made to the Executive in such sums and at such times as the
Ministry may by notice to each such board direct.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 10
Amendment or revocation of industrial training order.

10.(1) The Ministry may by order

(a)amend an industrial training order; or

(b)revoke such an order.

(2) Before making an order under subsection (1) the Ministry shall
consult the industrial training board and such organisations,
associations or bodies as would, by virtue of section 1(4), be
required to be consulted before the making of an industrial training
order for the industry.

(3) An order under subsection (1)(b) shall provide for the winding
up of the industrial training board and may provide for the
imposition of a levy on employers in the industry, other than such,
if any, as may be exempted by the order, for the purpose of
raising any amount by which the assets of the industrial training
board may be insufficient to meet the liabilities of the board and
the expenses of winding up, and for the application for specified
purposes of any amount by which those assets may exceed those
liabilities and expenses.

(4) Sub-section (3) of section 4 shall apply to an order under
subsection (1)(b) of this section making provision for the imposition
of a levy as it applies to an order under that section.

(5) An order under subsection (1) may provide for any incidental,
transitional or consequential matter for which it appears to the
Ministry to be necessary or expedient to provide.

(6) Every order under this section shall be subject to negative
resolution.[

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 11
Industrial injuries benefit for accidents in training.

11.(1) In relation to accidents happening to employed earners (within
the meaning of Chapter IV of Part II of the Social Security
(Northern Ireland) Act 1975) who attend courses or avail themselves
of other facilities provided or approved by an industrial training
board, sections 52 to 54 of that Act have effect subject to the
following modifications.

(2) For the purposes of section 52 an act done by the employed
earner for the purposes of and in connection with his training
shall, if it is not done for the purposes of and in connection
with his employer's trade or business, be deemed to be so done.

(3) For the purposes of section 53, a vehicle (within the meaning
of that section) which is operated by or on behalf of an
industrial training board or some other person by whom it is
provided in pursuance of arrangements made with an industrial
training board shall, if not operated and provided as mentioned in
subsection (1)(b)(i) of that section, be deemed to be so operated
and provided.

(4) For the purposes of section 54, any premises at which an
employed earner is for the time being employed for the purposes of
his training shall, if they are not premises at which he is for
the time being employed for the purposes of his employer's trade or
business, be deemed to be such premises.]

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 12
The Northern Ireland Training Council.

12.(1) The Ministry shall appoint a council, to be known as the
Northern Ireland Training Council, which shall have the duty of
advising the Ministry on the exercise of the Ministry's functions
under this Act and on any other matter relating to industrial or
commercial training which the Ministry may refer to them.

(2) The Northern Ireland Training Council shall consist of a
chairman and

(a)three members appointed after consultation with any organisation or
association of organisations representative of employers;

(b)three members appointed after consultation with any organisation or
association of organisations representative of employed persons;

(c)one member appointed after consultation with bodies established for
the purpose of carrying on under public ownership any industry or
part of an industry or undertaking;

(d)not more than three chairmen of industrial training boards; and

(e)six other members, of whom three shall be appointed after
consultation with the Ministry of Education.

(3) The Northern Ireland Training Council shall from time to time
and whenever directed by the Ministry make to the Ministry a report
of their activities, and the Ministry shall cause a copy of every
such report to be laid before Parliament.

(4) The Ministry may out of moneys provided by Parliament pay to
the members of the Northern Ireland Training Council such travelling
subsistence or other allowances as the Ministry may with the consent
of the Ministry of Finance determine.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 13
Appeal tribunals.

13.(1) The Ministry shall by regulations provide for the
establishment of a tribunal or tribunals to determine appeals by
persons assessed to any levy imposed under this Act PS0800[and such
regulations may include

(a)provision as to the procedure to be followed on such an appeal;
and

(b)provision for summoning persons to attend and give evidence and
produce documents and for authorising the administration of oaths to
witnesses.]

(2) If, on an appeal the appellant satisfies such a tribunal that
he ought not to have been assessed to the levy or ought to have
been assessed in a smaller amount, the tribunal shall rescind or,
as the case may be, reduce the assessment, but [subject to
subsection (2A)] in any other case shall confirm it.

[(2A) If, on an appeal, it appears to such a tribunal that the
appellant ought to have been assessed to the levy in a larger
amount, the tribunal may increase the assessment accordingly.]

(3) The Ministry may out of moneys provided by Parliament pay to
members of tribunals established in accordance with regulations under
this section [, and to any assessors appointed for the purposes of
proceedings before such tribunals,] such fees or allowances, ..., as
the Ministry may with the consent of the Ministry of Finance
determine [and may out of moneys so provided pay to any other
persons such allowances as the Ministry may with the consent of the
Ministry of Finance determine for the purposes of, or in connection
with, their attendance at such tribunals.]

[(3A) The Department may pay such remuneration as it may, with the
consent of the Department of the Civil Service, determine to

(a)the President of the Industrial Tribunals;

(b)any person who is a whole-time member of a panel of chairmen of
tribunals which is appointed in accordance with regulations under
subsection (1).]

(4) Regulations under this section shall be subject to negative
resolution.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 14
Appeal to the Court of Appeal from decisions of appeal tribunals.

14.(1) If any party to proceedings before a tribunal established
under the last preceding section is dissatisfied in point of law
with a decision of the tribunal, he may, according as rules of
court may provide, either appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeal
or require the tribunal to state and sign a case for the opinion
of the Court of Appeal.

(2) Rules of court made with respect to any such tribunal may
provide for authorising or requiring the tribunal to state, in the
form of a special case for the decision of the Court of Appeal,
any question of law arising in the proceedings.

S.15 rep. by 1975 c.25 s.5(2) sch.3 Pt.II

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 16
Powers of education and library boards.

16. The facilities for further education that may be provided [by
an education and library board under Article 23 of the Education
and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972].

(a)shall be deemed to include and always to have included facilities
for vocational and industrial training;

Para. (b) rep. by 1974 NI 7 art.10 sch.

Short title.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 19

19. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Training Act (Northern
Ireland) 1964.

1. An industrial training board shall be a body corporate, by the
name specified in the industrial training order, and section 19 of
the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to each
board.

2. The members of an industrial training board shall be appointed
by the Ministry.

3.(1) An industrial training board shall consist of a chairman, who
shall be a person appearing to the Ministry to have industrial,
commercial or educational experience and

(a)an equal number of persons appointed after consultation with such
organisations or associations of organisations representative of
employers engaging in the industry and of persons employed in the
industry respectively as appear to the Ministry to be appropriate;

(b)one or more persons appointed after consultation with the Ministry
of Education.

(2) The Ministry may, if it thinks fit, designate as chairman any
person appointed as a member of the board under head (a) of
sub-paragraph (1), and in that event shall, after consultation with
such organisations or associations (being organisations or associations
referred to in that head) as the case may require, appoint a
further member to act in addition to the member so designated.

4. An industrial training board shall pay to their chairman such
remuneration, if any, as the Ministry may with the approval of the
Ministry of Finance determine.

5. The chairman and the members appointed as mentioned in paragraph
3(1)(b) shall not vote on any matter relating to the imposition of
a levy.

6. The Ministry, the Ministry of Education and, if the Ministry
thinks fit in a particular case, such other Ministries as it may
specify may each appoint one person to attend the meetings of an
industrial training board, and any person so appointed shall be
entitled to take part in the proceedings of the board and receive
copies of all documents distributed to the members of the board,
but shall have no vote.

7.(1) An industrial training order may make provision with respect
to

(a)the tenure of office of the members of the board (but any such
provision shall be without prejudice to paragraph 14);

(b)the quorum and, subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, the proceedings
and meetings of the board;

(c)the execution of instruments by and on behalf of the board and
the proof of documents purporting to be executed, issued or signed
by the board or a member, officer or servant thereof;

(2) Any provision made by virtue of head (b) of sub-paragraph (1)
may enable votes to be cast by proxy.

8.(1) A member of a board who is in any way directly or
indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by
that board, shall as soon as possible after the relevant
circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his
interest at a meeting of the board.

(2) Any disclosure made under sub-paragraph (1) shall be recorded in
the minutes of the board and the member

(a)shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or
decision of the board with respect to that contract; and

(b)shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of
the board for any such deliberation or decision.

9. The proceedings of an industrial training board shall not be
invalidated by any vacancy in the membership of the board or by
any defect in the appointment of any member.

10. A board may pay to their members such travelling, subsistence
or other allowances as the board may with the approval of the
Ministry and the Ministry of Finance determine.

11. A board shall have such officers as the board may, with the
approval of the Ministry, determine.

12.(1) A board may make arrangements to secure the provision of
superannuation benefits for persons employed by the board in a
whole-time capacity and such arrangements shall provide for the
payment of contributions by the board and by the persons for whom
superannuation benefits are provided.

(2) The arrangements may provide for the contributions to be paid
to and the benefits to be paid by a body other than the board.

Para.(3) rep. by 1972 NI 10 art.23(3) sch.8

13. Any determination of a board with respect to

(a)the conditions of service or remuneration of persons employed by
the board; or

(b)the acquisition or disposition of land;

14. Section 18(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
shall apply to every appointment of

(a)a member of a board;

(b)a person referred to in paragraph 6;

(c)a person referred to in section 7(3);

15. For the purposes of this Schedule any body established for the
purpose of carrying on under public ownership an industry or part
of an industry or undertaking shall be treated as if it were an
organisation representative of employers.

1. The Executive shall be a body corporate, and section 19 of the
Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to them.

2. The members of the Executive shall be appointed by the Ministry.

3. The Executive shall consist of the following members

(a)a chairman; and

(b)two persons (the respective representatives of employers engaged
and persons employed in the industry) nominated by each industrial
training board from the members of the board.

4. The quorum of the Executive shall be fixed by the Executive.

5. The Executive

(a)shall pay to their members such remuneration, if any, as the
Ministry may with the approval of the Ministry of Finance determine;
and

(b)may pay to their members such travelling, subsistence or other
allowances as the Executive may, with the approval of the Ministry
and of the Ministry of Finance, determine.

6. Subject to paragraph 10, the Executive may borrow money in such
amounts and on such conditions as the Executive think fit, and may
give security for any money borrowed by them.

7. The proceedings of the Executive shall not be invalidated by any
vacancy in their membership or by any defect in the appointment of
any member.

8. The Executive shall have a secretary and such other officers as
the Executive may, with the approval of the Ministry, determine.

9.(1) The Executive may make arrangements to secure the provision of
superannuation benefits for persons employed by the Executive in a
whole-time capacity and such arrangements shall provide for the
payment of contributions by the Executive and by the persons for
whom superannuation benefits are provided.

(2) The arrangements may provide for the contributions to be paid
to and the benefits to be paid by a body other than the
Executive.

Para.(3) rep. by 1972 NI 10 art.23(3) sch.8

10. Any determination of the Executive with respect to

(a)the conditions of service or remuneration of persons employed by
the Executive;

(b)the borrowing or investment of money;

(c)the acquisition or disposition of land,

11. Section 18(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
shall apply to every appointment of a member of the Executive.

12. The application of the seal of the Executive shall be
authenticated by the signatures of

(a)the chairman of the Executive or some other member of the
Executive authorised by the Executive to act for that purpose; and

(b)the secretary of the Executive or some other officer of the
Executive authorised by the Executive to act for that purpose.

13.(1) A member of the Executive who is in any way directly or
indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by
the Executive shall, as soon as possible after the relevant
circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his
interest at a meeting of the Executive.

(2) Any disclosure made under sub-paragraph (1) shall be recorded in
the minutes of the Executive and the member

(a)shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or
decision of the Executive with respect to that contract; and

(b)shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of
the Executive for any such deliberation or decision.

14. Section 8 shall have effect with respect to the Executive and
their accounts, records and reports in like manner as it has effect
with respect to an industrial training board and the accounts,
records and reports of such a board.