Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012

Amendment of section 145 of Act of 2001.

17.— Section 145 of the Act of 2001 is amended—

(a) in subsection (3), by substituting “Where, as respects a county council or city council, including a county council or city council in a group of authorities—” for “Where, as respects a county council or city council—”, and

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) In relation to the first appointment, after the commencement of Part 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012, of a manager for a county or city in each group of authorities, the Minister may, by order, appoint to that position a person who, at such commencement, is the manager for a county or city included in the group of authorities concerned, other than a person appointed under subsection (4), and in such case subsections (1)(a), (2) and (3) shall not apply.”.