Harbours Act, 1946

Reconstitutíon of membership of harbour authority after removal of members.

31.—(1) The Minister shall fix a year (in this Part of this Act referred to as the reconstitution year) for the reconstitution of the membership of a harbour authority whose members have been removed from office and such year, if it is not an election year, shall be deemed for the purposes of such reconstitution to be an election year.

(2) The reconstitution year shall be—

(a) in case the members of the relevant harbour authority were removed from office in a year immediately preceding an election year—such election year or any of the three next following years, and

(b) in any other case—any of the three years next following the year in which the members of the relevant harbour authority were removed from office.

(3) During the period between the removal from office of the members of a harbour authority and the second Thursday in the month of October in the reconstitution year, no appointment, election and nomination of the members of the harbour authority shall take place other than the appointment, election and nomination of the said members in the reconstitution year.

(4) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the removal from office of the members of a harbour authority shall not alter the election years as respects the harbour authority.