Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985
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Appointments by local authorities to certain committees and other bodies. |
27.—(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a local authority in appointing, whether by nomination or election, members of the local authority or persons who are not members of the local authority (where such is authorised by or under any enactment relating to such appointments) to be members of any body mentioned in subsection (2) of this section or a committee of agriculture shall make such appointments— | |
(a) in the case of appointments to membership of a committee of agriculture, in accordance with the rules set out in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to this Act, and | ||
(b) in the case of appointments to membership of any body so mentioned, in accordance with the rules set out in Part II of the said Fifth Schedule . | ||
(2) The bodies (other than a committee of agriculture) referred to in subsection (1) of this section are— | ||
(a) a committee or board of a local authority, | ||
(b) a joint committee or joint board of a local authority and one or more other local authorities, | ||
(c) a vocational education committee, | ||
(d) a harbour authority, | ||
(e) a school attendance committee, | ||
(f) a regional development organisation, | ||
(g) a regional tourism organisation, | ||
(h) the County Councils' General Council, | ||
(i) the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland, and | ||
(j) such other bodies as may for the time being be specified in regulations made for the purposes of this section by the Minister (either generally or with reference to any particular local authority or class or description of local authority). | ||
(3) Subsection (4) of section 7 of the City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955 , shall have effect as if the words “and, with respect to each such electoral area, two members of the council who were elected for that area shall be appointed to the committee” were deleted. | ||
(4) (a) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply as regards the appointment to membership of a vocational education committee or a school attendance committee of persons who are not members of a local authority. | ||
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as operating to render unnecessary for appointment to any office, post or position the possession of any special knowledge, experience or other qualification the possession of which is required by law for appointment to the office, post or position. | ||
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the entry to or tenure of membership of any body, or any other office, held ex officio. | ||
(5) A reference to a committee, board, joint committee or joint board in paragraphs (a) or (b) of subsection (2) of this section shall be construed as including a reference to a committee, board, joint committee or joint board appointed by or under statute to perform the functions of a local authority. |