Civil Defence Act 2023
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Civil defence officers | ||
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5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), each local authority may, with the consent of the Minister, given with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and in accordance with such directions (if any) as may be given by the Minister, employ such and so many persons to be civil defence officers or assistant civil defence officers as the local authority considers appropriate for the purposes of this Act. | ||
(2) A local authority shall, in accordance with such directions (if any) as may be given by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage following consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determine the terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration) of employment of civil defence officers and may, from time to time, alter those terms and conditions. | ||
(3) The function of a civil defence officer shall be to manage the operation of civil defence in the administrative area of the local authority, including the admission to its civil defence unit, and the training and management, of civil defence volunteers. | ||
(4) The positions of civil defence officer and assistant civil defence officer are positions to which the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926 does not apply. |