Local Government Act, 2001
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Application (Chapter 4). |
157.—(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3), this Chapter applies to every employment under a local authority and to every employee of a local authority. | |
(2) (a) For the purposes of this Part, an employee of a local authority includes every person who is, immediately prior to the commencement of this section, a holder of an office under a local authority. | ||
(b) The fact that a person is employed by a local authority on the commencement of any provision of this Chapter is not a ground for contending that such provision does not apply in relation to him or her. | ||
(3) For the purposes of this Chapter, the following offices are deemed not to be employments under a local authority and every holder, as such, of any of those offices is deemed not to be the holder of an employment under a local authority— | ||
(a) the office of coroner or deputy coroner under the Coroners Act, 1962 , | ||
(b) the offices under the Courthouses (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935 , of caretaker and assistant to the caretaker of courthouse accommodation, | ||
(c) the offices under the Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935 , of poundkeeper and assistant to a poundkeeper. | ||
(4) For the purpose of this Chapter, a payment to a person by virtue of section 142 (2) is not a ground for contending that the person is an employee of a local authority. |