City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955

Cesser of grouping of counties.

13.—(1) Where, in the case of two grouped counties—

(a) one of the councils of the counties by resolution declare that the counties should cease to be two grouped counties, and

(b) on the day on which such resolution is passed or on a day within three months thereafter, the other council by resolution also declare as aforesaid,

the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Health and the Minister for Social Welfare, may by order terminate the application in relation to the counties of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Act of 1940.

(2) An order under subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the day specified in that behalf in the order, being a day not earlier than sixty days, and not later than one hundred and eighty days, after the day on which the order is made.

(3) Where, immediately before the making of an order under subsection (1) of this section, a person held in a permanent capacity the offices of county manager for each of the counties concerned—

(a) at any time after the expiration of thirty days after the day on which the order is made and before its commencement, the Minister may by order declare the county of which such person is to cease to hold the office of county manager,

(b) if such person has, during the said thirty days, notified the Minister of the county of which he wishes to cease to hold the office of county manager, the county declared by the order under this subsection shall be that county,

(c) immediately before the commencement of the order under subsection (1) of this section, such person shall cease to hold the office of county manager for the county declared by the order under this subsection, but such cesser shall not qualify him for any superannuation allowance, gratuity or like benefit.

(4) An order under subsection (1) of this section in relation to the county of Tipperary, North Riding, and the county of Tipperary, South Riding, shall be expressed and shall operate to amend section 9 of the Act of 1940 by deleting subsection (3).