Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997

Consultants and advisers.

36.—(1) Subject to such conditions (if any) as may for the time being stand specified for the purposes of this section by the Minister, the Authority may from time to time engage such consultants or advisers as it may consider necessary for the discharge of its functions and any fees due to a consultant or adviser engaged pursuant to this section shall be paid by the Authority out of moneys at its disposal.

(2) Any person who wishes to be engaged by the Authority as a consultant or adviser pursuant to this section may notify the Authority in writing of this fact and any notification for that purpose shall include particulars of the person's qualifications and experience.

(3) The Authority shall maintain a list of the persons who notify the Authority pursuant to subsection (2).

(4) The Authority shall, in engaging a consultant or adviser under this section, have regard to the list maintained under subsection (3), but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding the Authority from engaging as a consultant or adviser a person whose name is not on the said list.

(5) The Authority shall include in its annual report a statement of the names of the persons (if any) engaged pursuant to this section during the year to which the report relates.