s 15 Appointment of chief executive
15.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the chief executive of a Group 1, Group 2A or Group 3 public body must be appointed by the public body, and no other. (2) An individual must not be appointed as the chief executive of a Group 1, Group 2A or Group 3 public body except —(a) with the prior approval of the responsible Minister for the public body, in the case of a Group 1, Group 2A or Group 3 public body; and (b) with the prior concurrence of the Public Service Commission, in the case of a Group 1 public body. (3) Where an individual has been appointed as the chief executive of a public body in contravention of subsection (2), the responsible Minister for the public body may issue a direction to the public body to remove the individual as its chief executive; and the public body must comply with that direction.