Local Government Act, 1955
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR No. 9/1955 |
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Number 9 of 1955. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part I . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part II . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS AND AMENDMENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1926. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chapter I . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offices and Employments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chapter II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amendments of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part III. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROADS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part IV. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PROVISIONS RELATING TO LOCAL FINANCE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
APPROVED LOCAL COUNCILS IN COUNTY BOROUGHS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART VI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MISCELLANEOUS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FIRST SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enactments Repealed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SECOND SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subsections referred to in Section 24 of this Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number 9 of 1955. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION IN RELATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO MAKE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS IN THE LAW RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [10th May, 1955.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I. Preliminary and General. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short title, collective citation and construction. |
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1955. |
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(2) The Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1953, and this Act may be cited together as the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1955. |
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(3) The Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1953, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act. |
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Definitions. |
2.—In this Act— |
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“the Act of 1925” means the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925); |
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“the Act of 1941” means the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941); |
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“the Act of 1946” means the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946); |
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“the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government; |
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“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this Act. |
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Commencement. |
3.—This Act (except section 24 the coming into operation of which is provided for in that section) shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act. |
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Regulations. |
4.—(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed. |
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(2) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. |
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Repeals. |
5.—The enactments mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule. |
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PART II. Offices and Employments and Amendments of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chapter I. Offices and Employments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definitions for Chapter I of Part II. |
6.—In this Chapter of this Part of this Act “appropriate Minister”, “local authority”, “major office” and “office” have the same meanings respectively as in Part II of the Act of 1941. |
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Alteration of duties in certain cases. |
7.—Where, by an agreement or arrangement entered into under this or any other Act, a local authority exercise or perform a power, function or duty of another body— |
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(a) it shall be the duty of every officer of the local authority to perform such duties appropriate to the nature of the power, function or duty as the local authority may decide, and |
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(b) in case the other body is a local authority, it shall be the duty of every officer of that local authority to refrain from performing such duties appropriate to the nature of the power, function or duty as that local authority may decide. |
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General sanction or consent by appropriate Minister. |
8.—In relation to any power of the appropriate Minister which— |
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(a) is a power under Part II of the Act of 1941, Part III of the Act of 1946 or this Chapter of this Part of this Act, and |
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(b) is a power to sanction or to consent to acts of any local authorities, |
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the appropriate Minister may, as respects all or any one or more of those authorities or any class of those authorities, give a general sanction or consent applying to future such acts in cases in which he is the appropriate Minister and having effect on fulfilment, and only on fulfilment, by the authority or authorities concerned of specified conditions or requirements. |
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Inclusive remuneration. |
9.—(1) The appropriate Minister may direct that the remuneration of all the offices in relation to which he is the appropriate Minister, or of such of those offices as belong to a specified class, description or grade, or of a specified one of those offices, shall be inclusive... |
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