Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1945

Appointment of deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin.

4.—(1) Where the Lord Mayor of Dublin is unable to discharge his functions during any period on account of illness or necessary absence from the city, he may, subject to the provisions of this section, appoint a member of the city council to be deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin during that period and the person so appointed may discharge the functions of the Lord Mayor of Dublin during that period.

(2) The period for which a person is appointed under subsection (1) of this section shall not, save with the consent of the city council, exceed two months.

(3) Where the power conferred by subsection (1) of this section is exercised in relation to two or more periods occurring during any period of twelve months, the aggregate of those periods shall not, save with the consent of the city council, exceed three months.

(4) Section 48 of the private pre-union Irish statute passed in the session of 1771-72 and numbered chapter xi (An Act for better regulating the Foundling Hospital and Work-house in the city of Dublin, etc., 11 & 12 Geo. III, c. xi) is hereby repealed.