S.I. No. 314/2014 - Local Community Development Committee (Section 128E) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 2014.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th July, 2014.

I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 and 128E of the Local Government Act 2001 , hereby order as follows:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Community Development Committee (Section 128E) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 2014.

2. The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the Local Community Development Committee (Section 128E) Regulations 2014 and can be construed together as one.

Commencement

3. These Regulations come into operation on 10 July 2014.

Interpretation

4. In these Regulations, the ‘Principal Regulations’ mean the Local Community Development Committee (Section 128E) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 234 of 2014 ).

Amendments to the Principal Regulations

5. The Principal Regulations are amended as follows:

(1) by substituting the following for Regulation 7(2):

“(2) Where the total number of members of a local authority is 40 or fewer, the membership of the Committee shall consist of no more than 19 persons.”

(2) by substituting the following for Regulation 8(2):

“(2) The public sector members of a Committee comprising more than 15 persons, but no more than 19 persons, shall include—

(a) a minimum of 3 members of the local authority,

(b) a minimum of 2 persons employed by, or seconded to, the local authority, and

(c) a minimum of 2 persons representing public authorities with responsibility for providing services to or within the administrative area of the Committee.”

(3) by substituting the following for Regulation 8(3):

“(3) The public sector members of a Committee comprising more than 19 persons shall include—

(a) a minimum of 5 members of the local authority,

(b) a minimum of 2 persons employed by, or seconded to, the local authority, and

(c) a minimum of 2 persons representing public authorities with responsibility for providing services to or within the administrative area of the Committee.”

(4) by substituting the following for Regulation 9(2):

“(2) The private sector members of a Committee comprising more than 15 persons, but no more than 19 persons, shall include—

(a) a minimum of 2 persons representing community and voluntary interests within the administrative area of the Committee,

(b) a minimum of 2 persons representing social inclusion interests within the administrative area of the Committee,

(c) a minimum of 1 person representing environmental interests within the administrative area of the Committee,

(d) a maximum of 3 persons representing local development or community development bodies operating within the administrative area of the Committee, subject to a maximum of 1 representative per local development or community development body,

(e) such number of persons representing local and community interests and social partners as may be considered appropriate by the chief officer in consultation with the Corporate Policy Group.”

(5) by substituting the following for Regulation 9(3):

“(3) The private sector members of a Committee comprising more than 19 persons shall include—

(a) a minimum of 2 persons representing community and voluntary interests within the administrative area of the Committee,

(b) a minimum of 2 persons representing social inclusion interests within the administrative area of the Committee,

(c) a minimum of 1 person representing environmental interests within the administrative area of the Committee,

(d) a maximum of 3 persons representing local development or community development bodies operating within the administrative area of the Committee, subject to a maximum of 1 representative per local development or community development body,

(e) such number of persons representing local and community interests and social partners as may be considered appropriate by the chief officer in consultation with the Corporate Policy Group.”

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

7 July 2014.

PHIL HOGAN,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the Local Community Development Committee (Section 128E) Regulations 2014 to provide for a maximum membership of 19 members for Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) in local authority areas where the total number of members of the local authority is 40 or fewer.