Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012

PART 4

Amendments to Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the Local Government Act 2001

Amendment of section 144 of Act of 2001.

16.— Section 144 of the Act of 2001 is amended by—

(a) substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) For every county and city there shall be a manager to be known as ‘the ....... County Manager’ or ‘the ....... City Manager’, as appropriate (with the name of the county or city prefixed), who shall, subject to subsections (1A) and (1B), hold employment under that county council or city council, as the case may be.”,

and

(b) inserting the following subsections after subsection (1):

“(1A) (a) In the case of Limerick County and Limerick City, in this Chapter referred to as a ‘group of authorities’, the same person shall be manager for the county and city concerned.

(b) In the case of North Tipperary County and South Tipperary County, in this Chapter referred to as a ‘group of authorities’, the same person shall be manager for each of the counties concerned.

(1B) The manager for a county or city in a group of authorities shall hold employment under the council of whichever county or city in that group the Minister shall, by order, specify.”.