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Users' Councils.
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48.—(1) The Minister shall establish for each company a Council to be known as the Users' Council.
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(2) Each Council shall consist of not less than 10 and not more than 20 members to be appointed by the Minister.
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(3) Each appointment shall be for a period of not more than 3 years.
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(4) A Council may settle its own rules of procedure.
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(5) A person who is, for the time being, entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein as a member or who is a member of the Assembly of the European Communities shall, while he is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified from becoming a member of a Council or a member of the staff of a Council.
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(6) A member of a Council who is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or as a candidate for election to either House of the Oireachtas or to the Assembly of the European Communities or is appointed to such Assembly shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Council.
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(7) A member of a Council may resign his office by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date of receipt of the letter by the Minister.
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(8) The Minister may remove a member of a Council from office.
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