Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003

SCHEDULE

Amendments to Principal Act

Section 4 .

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Provision affected

Amendment

Section 1(5)

Delete “Chapter 3 of Part 5,”.

Section 2(1)

Delete the definition of “direct election”.

Section 7

Substitute “and except section 161, the coming into operation of which is provided for in that section” for “and except section 161 and Chapter 3 of Part 5, the coming into operation of which is provided for in that section and Chapter, respectively”.

Section 12

Substitute “sections 13 and 13A” for “section 13”.

Section 16(1)

Substitute “sections 13, 13A” for “section 13”.

Section 19(1)

Substitute the following for paragraph (c)—

“(c)  in such circumstances as are set out in articles 25, 28, 124 and 125 of the Local Elections Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1995 ),”.

Section 21(1)

Delete “and without prejudice to section 40(7)”.

Section 25(1)

Insert the following after paragraph (c) — “or”.

Section 31

(a)  Delete subsection (10).

(b)  In subsection (11) delete “Chapter 2 or Chapter 3 of”.

Section 36(1)

Insert the following paragraph after paragraph (c)—

“(d) On the commencement of section 2 of the Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003, paragraph (c) shall cease to apply and have effect.”.

Section 48

Insert the following subsection after subsection (6)—

“(7) On the commencement of section 2 of the Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003, subsections (4) and (5) cease to apply.”.

Section 129(4)

(a)  In paragraph (a) substitute “The chairperson of a Board” for “Subject to paragraph (b), the chairperson of a Board,”.

(b)  Delete paragraph (b).

Section 129(9)

Insert the following paragraph after paragraph (a)—

“(aa) the tenure of a chairperson appointed under subsection (4);”.

Section 167

Insert the following subsection after subsection (1)—

“(1A) In addition to those employees to whom this Part applies by virtue of subsection (1), sections 168, 169 and 170 also apply to every other employee of a local authority and those sections shall be read accordingly.”.

Section 243

Delete “In addition to the amendments provided for by section 42 (which relate to direct elections),”.

Schedule 10

In paragraph 4(1), delete all words after “local authority”;

In paragraph 4(2), delete all words after “annual meeting”;

In paragraph 4(6)(a)(i), delete “where appropriate”;

In paragraph 10(2) delete “or 41(2)”.