INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964

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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.
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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 19
