Section

1.

Amendment of Local Government Act, 1991.

2.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

Acts Referred to

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

1926, No. 39

Local Government Act, 1991

1991, No. 11

Local Government Act, 1994

1994, No. 8

Local Government Acts, 1925 to 2000

“Extension of tenure of office of manager.

47A.—(1) This section applies to a person who holds the office of manager (in this section referred to as a ‘manager’), and whose period of office (in this section referred to as the ‘tenure period’) is governed by an order under section 47.

(2) Notwithstanding any other enactment or instrument made thereunder, and subject to and in accordance with this section and with regulations made by the Minister under this section, the tenure period of a manager shall be extended where notification (in this section referred to as the ‘prescribed notification’)—

(a) is given by the manager to the Cathaoirleach of the local authority concerned (being a Cathaoirleach for the purposes of Part IV of the Local Government Act, 1994), and

(b) is in the form prescribed by regulations made under this section.

(3) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section and such regulations may provide for:

(a) the form of the prescribed notification;

(b) the period (in this section referred to as the ‘notification period’) within which a prescribed notification shall be given;

(c) subject to subsection (7), the period by which the tenure period shall be extended;

(d) the offices of manager to which subsection (4) does not apply;

(e) the application of different periods for the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c) to specified classes of manager;

(f) such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of such regulations.

(4) Subject to subsection (3)(d)—

(a) a manager to whom this section applies shall not apply for appointment to any office of manager during the period commencing on the date the manager gives a prescribed notification and ending on a date which is 6 months prior to the expiration of the tenure period as extended by this section (in this subsection referred to as the ‘exclusion period’), and

(b) notwithstanding section 6 of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926, a manager who has given a prescribed notification shall not be considered by the Local Appointments Commissioners for selection for any office of manager during the exclusion period.

(5) (a) A notification period referred to in subsection (3)(b) shall be wholly within the tenure period.

(b) A prescribed notification for the purposes of this section which is given outside of the notification period is invalid.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be read as altering—

(a) the age limit standing specified in the Local Government (Officers Age Limit) Order, 1957 (S.I. No. 140 of 1957), as it applies to a manager,

(b) the tenure of office of any manager to whom an order under section 47 does not apply, or

(c) the tenure of office of any manager who does not give a prescribed notification under this section.

(7) A tenure period as extended in accordance with this section shall not exceed 10 years.

(8) Notwithstanding any actions already taken by the Local Appointments Commissioners in relation to the filling of an office of manager by virtue of section 50 of the Local Government Act, 1994, where the tenure period of a manager stands extended in accordance with this section, such extended tenure period shall be the tenure period for the purposes of that section 50 and that section shall apply accordingly.

(9) On receipt of a prescribed notification the Cathaoirleach of the local authority concerned (within the meaning of subsection (2) (a)) shall—

(a) inform the members of the local authority of it at the next meeting of that local authority, and

(b) transmit a copy of it to the Minister and to the Local Appointments Commissioners.”.

Alt

1.

Leasú ar an Acht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1991.

2.

Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus forléiriú.

Na hAchtanna dá dTagraítear

Acht na nUdarás nÁitiúil (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe), 1926

1926, Uimh. 39

An tAcht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1991

1991, Uimh. 11

An tAcht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1994

1994, Uimh. 8

Na hAchtanna Rialtais Áitiúil, 1925 go 2000

“Seilbh oifige bainisteora a fhadú.

47A.—(1) Tá feidhm ag an alt seo maidir le duine a shealbhaíonn oifig bainisteora (dá ngairtear ‘bainisteoir’ san alt seo), agus a bhfuil a thréimhse nó a tréimhse oifige (dá ngairtear an ‘tréimhse seilbhe’ san alt seo) faoi rialú ag ordú faoi alt 47.

(2) D'ainneoin aon achtacháin eile nó aon ionstraime arna déanamh faoi, agus faoi réir agus de réir an ailt seo agus rialachán arna ndéanamh ag an Aire faoin alt seo, déanfar tréimhse seilbhe bainisteora a fhadú más rud é, maidir le fógra (dá ngairtear an ‘fógra forordaithe’ san alt seo)—

(a) go dtabharfaidh an bainisteoir an fógra sin do Chathaoirleach an údaráis áitiúil lena mbaineann (ar Cathaoirleach é nó í chun críocha Chuid IV den Acht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1994), agus

(b) go mbeidh an fógra sin san fhoirm a fhorordófar le rialacháin arna ndéanamh faoin alt seo.

(3) Féadfaidh an tAire rialacháin a dhéanamh chun críocha an ailt seo agus féadfar socrú a dhéanamh leis na rialacháin sin maidir leis na nithe seo a leanas:

(a) an fhoirm ina mbeidh an fógra forordaithe;

(b) an tréimhse (dá ngairtear an ‘tréimhse fógra’ san alt seo) a dtabharfar fógra forordaithe laistigh di;

(c) faoi réir fho-alt (7), an tréimhse lena bhfadófar an tréimhse seilbhe;

(d) na hoifigí bainisteora nach bhfuil feidhm ag fo-alt (4) maidir leo;

(e) feidhm tréimhsí éagsúla, chun críocha mhíreanna (b) agus (c), maidir le haicmí sonraithe bainisteora;

(f) cibé forálacha teagmhasacha, iarmhartacha agus forlíontacha is dealraitheach don Aire is gá nó is fóirsteanach chun críocha na rialachán sin.

(4) Faoi réir fho-alt (3)(d)—

(a) ní dhéanfaidh bainisteoir lena mbaineann an t-alt seo iarratas ar cheapachán chuig aon oifig bainisteora le linn na tréimhse dar tosach an dáta a dtabharfaidh an bainisteoir fógra forordaithe agus dar críoch dáta atá 6 mhí roimh dheireadh na tréimhse seilbhe arna fadú leis an alt seo (dá ngairtear an ‘tréimhse eisiata’ san fho-alt seo), agus

(b) d'ainneoin alt 6 d'Acht na nUdarás nAitiúil (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe), 1926, ní dhéanfaidh na Coimisinéirí um Cheapacháin Áitiúla bainisteoir a mbeidh fógra forordaithe tugtha aige nó aici a mheas lena roghnú le haghaidh aon oifige bainisteora le linn na tréimhse eisiata.

(5)   (a) Beidh tréimhse fógra dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (3)(b) go hiomlán laistigh den tréimhse seilbhe.

(b) Aon fhógra forordaithe chun críocha an ailt seo a thabharfar lasmuigh den tréimhse fógra beidh sé neamhbhailí.

(6) Ní léifear aon ní san alt seo mar ní a athróidh—

(a) an teorainn aoise a bheidh sonraithe san Ordú Rialtais Áitiúil, 1957 (Tórainn Aoise Oifigeach), 1957 (I.R. Uimh. 140 de 1957), mar atá feidhm aici maidir le bainisteoir,

(b) seilbh oifige aon bhainisteora nach bhfuil feidhm ag ordú faoi alt 47 maidir leis nó léi, nó

(c) seilbh oifige aon bhainisteora nach dtabharfaidh fógra forordaithe faoin alt seo.

(7) Ní faide ná 10 mbliana tréimhse seilbhe arna fadú de réir an ailt seo.

(8) D'ainneoin aon ghníomhartha a bheidh déanta cheana féin ag na Coimisinéirí um Cheapacháin Áitiúla i ndáil le hoifig bainisteora a líonadh de bhua alt 50 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúil, 1994, i gcás ina mbeidh tréimhse seilbhe bainisteora arna fadú de réir an ailt seo, is é an tréimhse seilbhe fhadaithe sin an tréimhse seilbhe chun críocha an ailt sin 50 agus beidh feidhm ag an alt sin dá réir sin.

(9) Ar fhógra forordaithe a fháil déanfaidh Cathaoirleach an údaráis áitiúil lena mbaineann (de réir bhrí fho-alt (2)(a))—

(a) é sin a chur in iúl do chomhaltaí an údaráis áitiúil ag an gcéad chruinniú eile den údarás áitiúil sin, agus

(b) cóip de a chur chuig an Aire agus chuig na Coimisinéirí um Cheapacháin Áitiúla.”.