Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024
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Amendments to Principal Act relating to office of Mayor | ||
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20. The Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in section 13— | ||
(i) by the insertion, after subsection (1), of the following subsections: | ||
“(1A) Subject to subsection (2), a person to whom subsection (1) applies, other than a person referred to in paragraph (b) or (e) of that subsection, is disqualified from being elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick. | ||
(1B) Subject to subsection (2), a person to whom subsection (1) applies is disqualified from holding the office of Mayor of Limerick.”, | ||
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(ii) in subsection (2)— | ||
(I) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “subsection (1), (1A) or (1B) in respect of a person to whom subsection (1)(k) applies” for “subsection (1)(k)”, | ||
(II) by the substitution, in paragraph (b), of “subsection (1), (1A) or (1B) in respect of a person to whom subsection (1)(l) applies” for “subsection (1)(l)”, and | ||
(III) by the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “subsection (1), (1A) or (1B) in respect of a person to whom subsection (1)(m) applies” for “subsection (1)(m)”, | ||
(b) in section 13A, by the insertion, after subsection (1), of the following subsection: | ||
“(1A) A person to whom subsection (1) applies is not disqualified from being elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick, but is disqualified from holding that office.”, | ||
(c) in section 19— | ||
(i) by the insertion, in subsection (1), of the following paragraphs after paragraph (a): | ||
“(aa) upon the cessation of membership of a member of a local authority under subsection (1) of section 11 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, | ||
(ab) in the case of a person who, at the same time, is elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick and as a member of a local authority, on the ordinary day of retirement next following the election concerned,”, | ||
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(ii) by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “a person (other than the Mayor of Limerick)” for “a person” in each place where it occurs, | ||
(d) in section 19A, by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “a person (other than the Mayor of Limerick)” for “a person” in each place where it occurs, | ||
(e) in section 182— | ||
(i) in subsection (1)(a), by the insertion of “and from being elected to or holding the office of Mayor of Limerick” after “local authority”, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (2)— | ||
(I) by the insertion of “or acts as Mayor of Limerick while disqualified from holding that office by virtue of this section,” after “this section,”, and | ||
(II) by the insertion of “or of the Mayor of Limerick, as the case may be” after “concerned”, | ||
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(f) in Schedule 7, by the substitution, in Part 3, of “41 (including the Mayor of Limerick)” for “40”. |