Local Government Act, 2001

Local Authority Members' Association.

226.—(1) A member of a local authority may in his or her own right hold membership of the association known as the Local Authority Members' Association and the members of a local authority may appoint a person to represent them on that association.

(2) Subsections (3) to (8) of section 225 apply with any necessary modifications for the purposes of this section.

(3) Nothing in subsections (1) and (2) or section 225 shall be read as preventing the establishment of a unified body to replace the bodies mentioned in those provisions and to represent local government and its elected members.