Local Government Act, 1991
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Tenure of office of managers. |
47.—(1) Notwithstanding any other enactment or instrument made thereunder, a person who is appointed to an office of manager after the commencement of this section or to an office established by section 21 shall unless he earlier dies, resigns or is removed from office, hold the office during whichever of the following periods is the shorter and on the expiration of that period shall cease to hold the office, that is to say: | |
(a) a period of such length as the Minister specifies by order, | ||
(b) the period from the date of the appointment to the date on which he attains such age as the Minister specifies by order, | ||
and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may by order make such provisions as he considers appropriate in relation to the periods specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) in relation to officers of local authorities holding office on the commencement of this section by reference to the age of such officers. | ||
(2) For the purpose of this section, a period served in an office of county manager referred to in section 22 by a person appointed to such office by virtue of that section shall be deemed to include the period served by that person in the office established by section 21 held by that person immediately before his appointment to such office of county manager. |