Barrow Drainage Act, 1927

Officers and servants of the Barrow Drainage Board.

16.—(1) The Barrow Drainage Board shall appoint such and so many officers as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall determine and may appoint such servants as the said Board may consider to be necessary for the purpose of the maintenance of the drainage works and the performance of the duties imposed on the said Board by this Act.

(2) The Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926) shall apply to the Barrow Drainage Board in like manner as it applies to the local authorities mentioned therein and for that purpose the said Board shall be a local authority within the meaning of that Act and the Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall be the Minister within the meaning of that Act.

(3) Every officer and every servant of the Barrow Drainage Board appointed under this section shall receive such remuneration as may be determined by the Barrow Drainage Board with the consent of the Minister for Finance and in the case of an officer the approval of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

(4) An officer or servant of the Barrow Drainage Board appointed under this section may be removed from his office as such officer or servant at any time by the Barrow Drainage Board.