Local Services (Temporary Economies) Act, 1934

Duty of chief executive officer.

18.—(1) The chief executive officer of every local authority shall submit to such local authority, in respect of each officer (not being an artisan, skilled labourer or a person hired to perform only subordinate duties or ordinary labour whose employment is occasional only) in the employment of such local authority during the current local financial year or any part thereof, a statement showing the estimated amount of the salary payable to such officer during the current local financial year and of the deduction to be made under this Act from such salary and where appropriate of the proportion of such deduction made by such local authority and such chief executive officer shall so submit such statement not later than one fortnight after the passing of this Act or the entry of the officer to whom such statement relates into the employment of such local authority, whichever is the later.

(2) Where a person is at any time in the current local financial year an officer of more than one local authority, the chief executive officer of any such local authority may at any time or times before the 1st day of January, 1936, request the chief executive officer of any other such local authority to supply to him written particulars of the amount and nature of the salary which such person is entitled to receive in the current local financial year by virtue of an office under such other local authority, and every chief executive officer of a local authority to whom a request is made under this sub-section shall comply with such request.

(3) If any chief executive officer refuses or wilfully neglects to do any act or perform any duty the doing or performance of which is rendered obligatory for him by virtue of this section, the Minister may remove such chief executive officer from his office, and such removal shall be deemed to be removal for misconduct.

(4) If any chief executive officer submitting a statement or supplying particulars in pursuance of this section submits any such statement or supplies any such particulars which is or are to his knowledge false or misleading in a material respect, such chief executive officer shall be guilty of an offence under this section and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds and also to be removed for misconduct from his office.