Local Government Act, 1941

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Number 23 of 1941.


LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1941.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section

1.

Short title and collective citation.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Commencement.

4.

Regulations.

5.

Repeals.

PART II.

Offices and Employments Under Local Authorities.

Chapter I.

General.

6.

Additional local authorities for purposes of this Part of this Act.

7.

“Office.”

8.

The appropriate Minister.

9.

“Major office.”

10.

General provision in relation to appointments, duties, and remunerations.

11.

Directions to appoint officers.

12.

Determination of certain doubts, etc.

13.

Revocation and amendment of Orders, etc., under this Part of this Act.

14.

Continuance of certain Orders.

15.

Preservation of necessity for sanction of Minister for Finance.

16.

Application of this Part of this Act to existing officers.

17.

Exclusion of certain offices from this Part of this Act.

18.

Repeal of certain powers and conditions.

Chapter II.

Provisions applicable to both major and other offices.

19.

General Regulations in relation to offices and their holders.

20.

Powers of appropriate Minister in relation to duties of office.

21.

Qualifications for offices.

22.

Inclusive remuneration.

23.

Age limit.

24.

Requisition to resign from office.

25.

Removal from office by appropriate Minister.

26.

Removal from office by local authority.

27.

Suspension of officers.

Chapter III.

Provisions applicable to major offices only.

28.

Restrictions on appointments to certain major offices.

29.

Fixing by appropriato Minister of remuneration of major office.

30.

Restriction on remuneration of major offices in certain cases.

31.

Provisions applicable where holder of major office is appointed to another major office.

32.

Amalgamation of major offices.

PART III.

Constitution and Procedure of Local Authorities.

33.

Number of members of councils of counties.

34.

Constitution and election of certain urban authorities.

35.

Division of boroughs and urban districts into two or more electoral areas.

36.

Aldermen of borough after uncontested election.

37.

Failure to nominate sufficient persons to form quorum.

38.

Insufficiency of nominations not resulting in failure to form quorum.

39.

Conduct of elections, etc.

40.

Failure to accept office.

41.

Doing of acts and deciding of questions at meetings.

42.

Casual vacancies in certain urban authorities.

43.

Procedure at election of lord mayor, mayor or chairman

PART IV.

Removal from Office of the Members of a Local Authority.

44.

Removal from office of the members of a local authority.

45.

Holding of new election after removal of members.

46.

Matters consequential on election petition.

47.

Evidence of nomination.

48.

Appointment of commissioners.

49.

Exercise of powers, etc., by commissioners.

50.

Tenure of office and remuneration of commissioners.

51.

Dissolved local authorities.

52.

Subsidiary bodies.

53.

Orders enabling this Part of this Act to have full force and effect.

54.

Adaptation of existing enactments.

55.

Continuity of existence.

PART V.

Provisions in Relation to Rates.

56.

Restriction on application of Local Government (Rates on Small Dwellings) Act, 1928.

57.

Disqualification for non-payment of rates.

58.

Discharge of rates by setting off.

59.

Distress in respect of rates.

60.

Amendment of rates.

61.

Rating of divided hereditaments.

62.

Giving of notices under this Part of this Act 7.

PART VI.

Provisions in Relation to Borrowing by Local Authorities.

63.

Restrictions on application of limitations on borrowing.

64.

Extension of Local Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act, 1921.

65.

Amendment of sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Local Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act, 1921.

66.

Borrowing by public assistance authorities.

PART VII.

Provisions Relating to Audit of Accounts, etc.

67.

Additional local authorities for the purposes of this Part of this Act.

68.

Preparation and audit of accounts.

69.

Audit fees.

70.

Amendment of section 12 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1871.

71.

Recovery of surcharges, etc.

PART VIII.

Approved Local Councils.

72.

Approved local councils.

73.

Provision of buildings, etc., for approved local councils.

74.

Delegation of certain powers and duties to approved local councils.

75.

Expenses of county council under this Part of this Act.

PART IX.

Miscellaneous.

76.

Restriction on amount of allowances under Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919.

77.

Treasurer in the case of a county or other borough.

78.

Reckoning of service in a temporary capacity.

79.

Joint mental hospitals.

80.

Travelling expenses of county councillors.

81.

District electoral divisions.

82.

Annuities and other payments to the Irish Land Commission or to the Commissioners of Public Works on land acquired by a local authority.

83.

Local inquiries.

84.

Returns, information, etc.

85.

Power of inspector to visit premises.

86.

Powers of inspectors and auditors to obtain evidence, etc.

87.

Vaccination.

88.

Contributions by urban authorities to approved associations.

89.

Contributions to associations supplementing library services.

90.

Appointment of first county managers and assistant county managers.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THIRD SCHEDULE.


Acts Referred to

Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

No. 9 of 1923

Electoral Act, 1923

No. 12 of 1923

Electoral Abuses Act, 1923

No. 38 of 1923

Local Government Act, 1925

No. 5 of 1925

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

No. 39 of 1926

Local Elections Act, 1927

No. 39 of 1927

Local Government Act, 1927

No. 3 of 1927

Local Elections (Dissolved Authorities) Act, 1927

No. 14 of 1927

Old Age Pensions Act, 1932

No. 18 of 1932

Courthouses (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935

No. 18 of 1935

Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935

No. 17 of 1935

Local Government (Dissolved Authorities) Act, 1935

No. 41 of 1935

Local Government Act, 1931

No. 19 of 1931

Local Government (Rates on Small Dwellings) Act, 1928

No. 4 of 1928

County Management Act, 1940

No. 12 of 1940

Local Government (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1924

No. 13 of 1924

Waterford City Management Act, 1939

No. 25 of 1939

Public Assistance Act, 1939

No. 27 of 1939

Local Government Act, 1933

No. 5 of 1933

Local Government (Amendment) Act, 1934

No. 5 of 1934

Local Government (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1934

No. 44 of 1934

Local Government Act, 1936

No. 46 of 1936

Local Government (Amendment) Act, 1939

No. 9 of 1939

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Number 23 of 1941.


LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1941.


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. [23rd September, 1941.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—