Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993
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Implementation of Act by local authorities, actions in anticipation and directions. |
6.—(1) It shall be the duty of the relevant local authorities and their officers and employees to cooperate with each other and generally to exercise their functions so as to facilitate the implementation of this Act. | |
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made thereunder and notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, the relevant local authorities and their officers and employees may, prior to the commencement of any provision of this Act and in anticipation of such commencement, or following such commencement, do anything which may be necessary as a preliminary to, or for the purpose of facilitating, the commencement or securing the operation of such provision or which is necessary to give full effect to, or which arises from, by reason of or is otherwise related to such provision. | ||
(3) Every act done by a relevant local authority before and in anticipation of the commencement of any of the provisions of this Act shall have and be deemed always to have had all such (if any) validity and effect as it would have had if this Act or if such provisions had been in force when such act was done. | ||
(4) The Minister may give to the relevant local authorities and the managers (including the area managers) for those authorities such general or particular directions in relation to the execution of or compliance with any provision of this Act or regulations thereunder (including directions that specified steps be taken or not taken, or be taken subject to specified conditions, or specified things be done or not done or be done subject to specified conditions, by the persons aforesaid or any of them) as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for securing or facilitating the operation of such provision or the giving of full effect thereto. | ||
(5) The Minister may by direction amend or revoke a direction given under this Act (including a direction under this subsection). | ||
(6) A person to whom a direction is given under this Act shall comply therewith. | ||
(7) In this section “the relevant local authorities” means— | ||
(a) prior to the establishment day — Dublin Corporation, the county council, Dun Laoghaire Corporation and the burial board; | ||
(b) on and after the establishment day — the principal authorities. | ||
(8) A direction shall not be given under this section after the expiration of three years from the establishment day, save a direction in respect of any matter arising in relation to a scheme approved by the Minister under the Third Schedule , and any such direction shall not be given after the expiration of three years from the date of such approval. |