Local Government Act, 1991

Extension of term of office of certain members of certain vocational education committees.

16.—(1) The term of office of—

(a) the members of a vocational education committee for an urban district vocational education area elected by a local authority (within the meaning of section 14 ), and

(b) those members of a vocational education committee for a county vocational education area who are elected by a local authority (within the meaning of section 14 ),

shall stand extended so as to terminate on such date as may be provided for by law.

(2) A quinquennial meeting of a vocational education committee referred to in subsection (1) (a) shall not be held in the year 1991.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the year 1991 shall be an election year in relation to vocational education committees for counties, the Dún Laoghaire Vocational Education Committee and the Galway City Vocational Education Committee for the purposes of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 .