County Management Act, 1940

Attendance, etc., of county manager at meetings of county council and of elective bodies.

30.—(1) Every county manager shall have the right to attend meetings of the council of his county and of every elective body for which he is manager, and to take part in discussions at such meetings as if he were a member of such council or body, but he shall not be entitled to vote on any question which is decided by a vote of the members of such council or body.

(2) A county manager shall, so far as is not inconsistent with the due performance of his duties, attend—

(a) any meeting of the council of his county which he is requested by such council to attend, and

(b) any meeting of a committee of such council which he is requested by such council to attend, and

(c) any meeting of an elective body for which he is manager which he is requested by such body to attend, and

(d) any meeting of a committee of such elective body which he is requested by such body to attend.

(3) Whenever a county manager attends a meeting of the council of a county or of an elective body or of a committee in pursuance of the next preceding sub-section of this section, he shall give to such council, body, or committee (as the case may be) such advice and assistance as shall reasonably be required of him by such council, body, or committee, and shall for that purpose arrange for the attendance at such meeting of such of the officers of such council or body as may be necessary having regard to the business to be transacted at such meeting.

(4) Whenever it appears to the Minister to be necessary in order to enable the county manager for a county to attend the first annual meeting of the council of such county after the first election of members of such council held after the commencement of this Act or to attend the first meeting (whether annual or quarterly) of an elective body for which he is manager after the first election of members of such elective body held after the commencement of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Minister by order to appoint the day and hour at which the first annual meeting of such council or the first meeting (whether annual or quarterly) of such elective body after the first election of members of such council or elective body (as the case may be) after the commencement of this Act shall be held, and, where the Minister so appoints the day and hour for any such meeting, such meeting shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Local Elections Act, 1927 (No. 39 of 1927), be held on the day and at the hour so appointed.