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Uimhir 5 de 1933.
ACHT RIALTAIS ÁITIÚLA, 1933.
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1.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1925 (Uimh. 5 de 1925);
nuair is coiste oideachais ghairme beatha an t-údarás áitiúil le n-a mbaineann an abairt “an tAire” cialluíonn sí an tAire Oideachais, agus nuair is coiste talmhaíochta an t-údarás áitiúil le n-a mbaineann sí cialluíonn sí an tAire Talmhaíochta, agus i ngach cás eile cialluíonn sí an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí;
ach amháin i gcás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt leis an alt so tá ag gach focal agus abairt eile a húsáidtear san Acht so agus dá dtugtar brí áirithe le halt 1 den Phríomh-Acht tá acu san Acht so an brí tugtar dóibh amhlaidh.
(2) Beidh na cóluchtaí seo leanas ina n-údaráis n-áitiúla chun crícheanna an Achta so, sé sin le rá:—
(a) na cóluchtaí uile is údaráis áitiúla do réir bhrí an Phríomh-Achta;
(b) coistí oideachais ghairme beatha;
(c) coistí talmhaíochta.
Alt 71 den Phríomh-Acht d'athghairm.
2.—(1) Athghairmtear leis seo alt 71 den Phríomh-Acht.
(2) An athghairm a deintear leis an alt so ar alt 71 den Phríomh-Acht beidh sí fé mar do bheadh éifeacht aice agus tuigfear éifeacht do bheith aice an 9adh lá de Mhárta, 1932, agus ón lá san amach, agus dá réir sin má rinne údarás áitiúil, an 9adh lá d'Fheabhra, 1932, no dá éis sin, agus roimh an Acht so do rith, aon rún do rith den tsaghas a luaidhtear i bhfo-alt (1) den alt san 71 ní oibreoidh an t-alt san agus tuigfear nár oibrigh sé riamh chun an rúin sin do chur ar nea-mbrí ná chun teacht i bhfeidhm an rúin sin do chur ar ath-ló tar éis an 9adh lá san de Mhárta, 1932.
Rúin áirithe do dhéanamh dleathach.
3.—Pé uair a rinne údarás áitiúil, roimh an 9adh lá de Mhárta, 1932, rún do rith ag méadú tuarastail no sochair oifige oifigigh don údarás áitiúil sin agus a tháinig an rún san, roimh an 9adh lá san de Mhárta, 1932, chun bheith ar nea-mbrí fé alt 71 den Phríomh-Acht de dheascaibh é do theip ar an oifigeach san an dearbhú a héilítear leis an alt san do thabhairt agus do shighniú do réir an ailt sin, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá :—
(a) beidh ag an rún san agus tuigfear go raibh riamh aige an dleathacht agus an éifeacht chéanna (más ann di) do bheadh aige dá mba ná hachtófaí an t-alt san 71 den Phríomh-Acht;
(b) má ba ghá do réir dlí go ndéanfadh an tAire an méadú tuarastail no sochair oifige a luaidhtear sa rún san do cheadú no do dhaingniú, féadfaidh an tAire, más dóich leis gur ceart san do dhéanamh agus in ainneoin aon diúltuithe roimhe sin don cheadú no don daingniú san do dhéanamh no in ainneoin aon deonta roimhe sin ar an gcéanna nár tháinig in éifeacht, féadfaidh an ceadú san no an daingniú san do dhéanamh aon uair tar éis an Achta so do rith, agus leis sin beidh an ceadú no an daingniú san fé mar do bheadh éifeacht aige agus tuigfear éifeacht do bheith aige pé dáta agus o pé dáta (nách luaithe ná dáta rithte an rúin sin) a luadhfaidh an tAire chuige sin;
(c) beidh iníoctha leis an oifigeach san no le n-a ionadaí pearsanta de bhuadh an ailt seo méid iomlán an tuarastail agus an tsochair oifige bhreise (ar n-a n-áireamh ón dáta ar a dtuigfear de bhuadh an ailt seo an méadú tuarastail no sochair oifige luaidhtear sa rún san do theacht in éifeacht) do bheadh sé i dteideal d'fháil de bhuadh an rúin sin dá dtagadh an méadú san in éifeacht an dáta san;
(d) má haistríodh an t-oifigeach san tré reacht no ar aon tslí eile go seirbhís fé údarás áitiúil seachas an t-údarás áitiúil do rith an rún san no má scuir an t-údarás áitiúil do rith an rún san de bheith ann ní oibreoidh san chun an oifigigh sin no a ionadaí phearsanta do chur as teideal do bheith aige chun na híocaíochta luaidhtear sa mhír sin roimhe seo den fho-alt so;
(e) má scuir an t-oifigeach san de bheith ina oifigeach d'údarás áitiúil agus má deonadh pinsean do no má híocadh aisce leis ar é do scur amhlaidh, beidh an t-oifigeach san no a ionadaí pearsanta i dteideal go ndéanfadh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí méid an phinsin no na haisce sin d'athbhreithniú agus, más dóich leis an Aire sin gur ceart san do dhéanamh, go ndéanfaí é do mhéadú pé méid ordóidh an tAire sin;
(f) isé an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí bhéarfaidh breith ar gach amhras, ceist no aighneas eireoidh le linn an ailt seo do chur in éifeacht, agus, go sonnrách, ar gach amhras, ceist no aighneas maidir leis an údarás áitiúil no leis na húdaráis áitiúla íocfaidh aon airgead is iníoctha leis an oifigeach san no le n-a ionadaí pearsanta de bhuadh an ailt seo, agus ní bheidh dul thar breith an Aire sin ar an gcéanna, ach más coiste oideachais ghairme beatha no coiste talmhaíochta an t-údarás áitiúil gur ina thaobh eireoidh aon amhras, ceist no aighneas den tsórt san raghaidh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí i gcomhairle leis an Aire Oideachais no leis an Aire Talmhaíochta (fé mar is gá sa chás) sara dtugaidh breith ar an amhras, ar an gceist no ar an aighneas san.
Údarás áitiúil do cheapadh daoine do cuireadh as oifig no as fostaíocht no dar diúltadh oifig no fostaíocht roimhe sin.
4.—(1) In ainneoin éinní atá in Acht na nUdarás nAitiúil (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe), 1926 (Uimh. 39 de 1926), beidh sé dleathach d'aon údarás áitiúil, laistigh de thréimhse chúig mblian o am an Achta so do rith, duine ar bith do cheapadh le ceadú ón Aire chun aon oifige no fostaíochta fén údarás áitiúil sin más dóich leis an Aire gur thárla, mar gheall ar oibriú ailt 71 den Phríomh-Acht no de dhruim chúiseanna poilitíochta, an duine sin do chur as an oifig no as an bhfostaíocht san no diúltadh d'é do cheapadh no gan é do cheapadh chúiche sin no an duine sin do chur as aon oifig no fostaíocht den tsaghas san, pe'ca fén údarás áitiúil sin é no fé údarás áitiúil eile i Saorstát Éireann, no diúltadh d'é do cheapadh no gan é do cheapadh chun an chéanna, no duine ar bith do cheapadh amhlaidh más dóich leis an Aire gur thárla, de dhruim chúiseanna poilitíochta, an duine sin do chur as oifig no fostaíocht den tsaghas san fé údarás áitiúil in aon pháirt d'Éirinn lasmuich de Shaorstát Éireann.
(2) Duine ar bith ceapfar, fé fho-alt (1) den alt so, chun oifige no fostaíochta féadfar, nuair a ceapfar é amhlaidh, é do chur ar an scála tuarastail is dóich leis an Aire do bheadh sroichte aige an uair sin dá mba ná tárlódh ina thaobh aon chur as oifig no diúltadh den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt san.
Seirbhís inphinsin aicmí áirithe oifigeach.
5.—(1) Má eirigh no má briseadh oifigeach d'údarás áitiúil as seirbhís an údaráis áitiúla san tar éis an 1adh lá d'Eanar, 1922, agus roimh an 9adh lá de Mhárta, 1932, agus má rinne an t-údarás áitiúil sin, aon uair tar éis é d'eirghe as no é do bhriseadh amhlaidh, é do cheapadh (pe'ca tré thógaint thar n-ais no tré cheapachán nua é) chun na hoifige inphinsin chéanna no chun oifige inphinsin eile agus é d'fhostú san oifig sin, no má rinne údarás áitiúil eile é do cheapadh chun oifige inphinsin agus é d'fhostú san oifig sin, agus má dheineann an tAire, laistigh de dhá mhí dhéag tar éis an cheapacháin sin no tar éis an Achta so do rith, pe'ca aca san is déanaí, a dheimhniú i scríbhinn fé n-a láimh gur de dhruim chúiseanna poilitíochta d'eirigh no do briseadh an t-oifigeach san as an seirbhís sin amhlaidh, ansan, chun méid aon phinsin d'áireamh go dtiocfaidh an t-oifigeach san chun bheith ina theideal fén bPríomh-Acht no fé aon achtachán eile, beidh an t-oifigeach san i dteideal—
(a) an tréimhse idir an dáta ’nar eirigh sé no gur briseadh é (pe'ca aca é) as an seirbhís sin amhlaidh agus an dáta ’nar cheap údarás áitiúil é amhlaidh ina dhiaidh sin mar adubhradh d'áireamh mar sheirbhís inphinsin, agus
(b) má ba sheirbhís fé údarás áitiúil gur lasmuich den líomatáiste gurb é Saorstát Éireann anois é a bhí a líomatáiste feidhmiúcháin a sheirbhís sarar eirigh sé no sarar briseadh é as an seirbhís sin amhlaidh agus má ba sheirbhís í bheadh ina seirbhís inphinsin dá mba laistigh de Shaorstát Éireann a bheadh líomatáiste feidhmiúcháin an údaráis áitiúla san, an tseirbhís sin d'áireamh mar sheirbhís inphinsin, agus
(c) na tréimhsí seo leanas d'áireamh mar aon tréimhse amháin de sheirbhís leanúnaigh inphinsin, sé sin le rá, a sheirbhís inphinsin sarar eirigh sé no sarar briseadh é (pe'ca aca é) as an seirbhís sin amhlaidh, an tréimhse sin a luaidhtear i mír (a) den fho-alt so, agus a sheirbhís inphinsin tar éis na tréimhse sin.
(2) Má thagann oifigeach, de bhuadh an ailt seo, chun bheith i dteideal tréimhse idir é d'eirghe no do bhriseadh as seirbhís údaráis áitiúla agus údarás áitiúil eile dá cheapadh chun oifige inphinsin d'áireamh mar sheirbhís inphinsin, ansan, chun a shocrú cé air a bheidh aon phinsean d'íoc go dtiocfaidh an t-oifigeach san chun bheith ina theideal fén bPríomh-Acht, tuigfear pé cion den tréimhse sin ordóidh an tAire do bheith ina sheirbhís fén údarás áitiúil gur as a sheirbhís d'eirigh no do briseadh an t-oifigeach san amhlaidh, agus tuigfear an chuid eile den tréimhse sin do bheith ina seirbhís fén údarás áitiúil do cheap é amhlaidh ar an tréimhse sin do bheith caithte.
(3) Má thagann oifigeach, de bhuadh an ailt seo, chun bheith i dteideal tréimhse seirbhíse fé údarás áitiúil gur lasmuich den líomatáiste gurb é Saorstát Éireann anois é a bhí a líomatáiste feidhmiúcháin d'áireamh mar chuid de thréimhse de sheirbhís leanúnaigh inphinsin (pe'ca fholuíonn an tréimhse sin de sheirbhís leanúnaigh inphinsin, freisin, de bhuadh an ailt seo, tréimhse idir deireadh na seirbhíse sin agus an t-am do ceapadh é chun oifige inphinsin fé údarás áitiúil eile no ná foluíonn) agus má moltar pinsean no aisce don oifigeach san, déanfaidh an tAire pé cion den phinsean no den aisce sin a chinnfidh, le toiliú an Aire Airgid, do bheith ionchurtha i leith seirbhíse an oifigigh sin fé údarás áitiúil gur lasmuich den líomatáiste gurb é Saorstát Éireann anois é a bhí a líomatáiste feidhmiúcháin déanfaidh é d'aisíoc, amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, leis an údarás áitiúil a íocfaidh an pinsean no an aisce sin, agus sa chás san ní bheidh feidhm ag alt 47 den Phríomh-Acht ná ag fo-alt (2) den alt so.
(4) Ní dhéanfaidh an tAire Oideachais aon deimhniú chun crícheanna an ailt seo do thabhairt uaidh gan toiliú an Aire Airgid.
(5) San alt so—
(a) déanfar an abairt “údarás áitiúil,” maidir le haon ghníomh, ní, no rud do rinneadh no do thárla roimh an 30adh lá d'Abrán, 1923, do léiriú mar abairt a fholuíonn aon údarás áitiúil gur in aon áit in Éirinn a bhí a líomatáiste feidhmiúcháin an uair sin, agus
(b) léireofar tagairtí do dhuine d'eirghe as seirbhís mar thagairtí fholuíonn an duine sin d'fhágaint na seirbhíse sin ar shlí eile seachas tré é do bhriseadh aiste, agus
(c) tá ag gach focal agus abairt dá dtugtar brí áirithe le halt 42 den Phríomh-Acht an brí tugtar dóibh amhlaidh.
Iocaíochtaí áirithe do dhéanamh dlíthiúil.
6.—(1) Má rinne duine seirbhísí agus dualgaisí oifigigh no seirbhísigh d'údarás áitiúil d'fheidhmiú agus do chólíonadh faid a bhí sé, de bhíthin oibrithe ailt 71 den Phríomh-Acht, gan bheith ina oifigeach no ina sheirbhíseach don údarás áitiúil sin no faid a bhí sé, de bhíthin breithe ón údarás áitiúil sin no orduithe tugadh dóibh sin agus mar gheall ar a ghníomhartha poiliticiúla, gan luach saothair d'fháil ón údarás áitiúil sin, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin no aon údarás áitiúil eile dar haistríodh feidhmeanna, dualgaisí, agus comhachta an údaráis áitiúla san a céad-luaidhtear ar an údarás áitiúil sin a céad-luaidhtear do scur, féadfaid, le ceadú ón Aire, aon tsuim no suimeanna airgid d'íoc mar luach saothair leis an duine sin no le n-a ionadaí pearsanta alos na tréimhse ’na raibh an duine sin ag feidhmiú agus ag cólíonadh seirbhísí agus dualgaisí an oifigigh no an tseirbhísigh sin amhlaidh, suim no suimeanna ná raghaidh ar fad thar méid an luach saothair go mbeadh an duine sin ina theideal alos na tréimhse sin dá mb'é an t-oifigeach no an seirbhíseach san é dáiríribh.
(2) Aon íocaíocht d'íoc údarás áitiúil roimh an Acht so do rith agus ná raibh dleathach nuair do híocadh í ach do bheadh dleathach de bhuadh an ailt seo dá mbeadh an t-alt so i bhfeidhm an uair sin, tuigfear gur fén alt so do híocadh í agus go bhfuil sí agus go raibh sí riamh dleathach.
uach saothair áirithe do coimeádadh siar d'íoc.
7.—(1) Féadfaidh aon údarás áitiúil, laistigh de shé mhí tar éis an Achta so do rith agus le ceadú ón Aire, íoc do dhéanamh le héinne no le hionadaí pearsanta éinne dob oifigeach no ba sheirbhíseach don údarás áitiúil sin ar feadh iomlán na tréimhse no ar feadh aon choda den tréimhse dar thosach an 1adh lá d'Iúl, 1922, agus dar chríoch an 30adh lá d'Abrán, 1923, agus ’nar cuireadh isteach ar a sheirbhís mar oifigeach no mar sheirbhíseach den tsórt san le linn aon choda den tréimhse sin de bhíthin é do bheith i bpríosún no fé choinneáil no as láthair o n-a dhiúitéthe ar aon tslí eile ar feadh na coda san den tréimhse sin mar gheall ar a ghníomhartha poiliticiúla, íoc do dhéanamh amhlaidh in iomlán no in aon chuid d'aon tuarastal, págh no luach saothair, alos na coda san den tréimhse sin, ’nar choimeád an t-údarás áitiúil sin a íoc siar uaidh mar gheall ar é bheith i bpríosún no fé choinneáil amhlaidh no as láthair amhlaidh o n-a dhiúitéthe ar aon tslí eile.
(2) Beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas maidir leis an bhfo-alt san roimhe seo den alt so no chun crícheanna an fho-ailt sin, sé sin le rá :—
(a) féadfar íocaíocht d'íoc le duine fén alt so pe'ca bheidh sé, le linn na híocaíochta san d'íoc, ina oifigeach no ina sheirbhíseach don údarás áitiúil a bheidh ag íoc na híocaíochta san no ná beidh;
(b) más scurtha de bheith ann don údarás áitiúil do rinne íoc tuarastail, páigh no luach saothair do choimeád siar, ansan, aon fheidhmiú d'fhéadfadh an t-údarás áitiúil sin do dhéanamh, dá mbeadh an t-údarás áitiúil sin ann fós, ar na comhachta bronntar leis an alt so, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil dar haistríodh feidhmeanna, comhachta agus dualgaisí an údaráis áitiúla san a céad-luaidhtear é do dhéanamh ;
(c) aon íocaíocht a híocfar fén alt so le duine ar bith déanfar í d'íoc amach as an ráta no as an gciste gur amach as a íocann an t-údarás áitiúil a bheidh ag íoc na híocaíochta san tuarastal, págh, no luach saothair an duine sin no, maran oifigeach no seirbhíseach don údarás áitiúil sin é, amach as an ráta no as an gciste gur amach as a íocfadh an t-údarás áitiúil sin a thuarastal, a phágh, no a luach saothair dá mb'oifigeach no seirbhíseach don údarás áitiúil sin é ;
(d) is é an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí bhéarfaidh breith ar gach amhras, ceist no aighneas eireoidh le linn an ailt seo do chur in éifeacht agus ní bheidh dul thar a bhreith sin ar an gcéanna.
Teora le méid na rátaí.
8.—Chun críche aon teorann le méid an ráta gur amach as a híocfar íocaíocht fén Acht so ní háirmheofar mar chuid den ráta san an méid sin de a gearrfar chun na híocaíochta san d'íoc.
Gearr-theideal agus luadh.
9.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1933, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna Rialtais Áitiúla, 1925 go 1933, do ghairm de sna hAchtanna Rialtais Áitiúla, 1925 go 1931, agus den Acht so le chéile.
Number 5 of 1933.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1933.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Appointment by local authority of persons formerly removed from or refused office or employment. | |
Acts Referred to | |
No. 5 of 1925 | |
No. 39 of 1926 | |
Number 5 of 1933.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1933.
Definitions.
1.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Principal Act” means the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925);
the expression “the Minister” when the local authority to which it relates is a vocational education committee means the Minister for Education, and when the local authority to which it relates is a committee of agriculture means the Minister for Agriculture, and in all other cases means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;
save as is otherwise provided by this section all other words and expressions used in this Act to which a particular meaning is assigned by section 1 of the Principal Act have in this Act the meaning so assigned.
(2) The following bodies shall be local authorities for the purposes of this Act, that is to say:—
(a) all bodies which are local authorities within the meaning of the Principal Act;
(b) vocational education committees;
(c) committees of agriculture.
Repeal of section 71 of the Principal Act.
2.—(1) Section 71 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.
(2) The repeal of section 71 of the Principal Act effected by this section shall take and be deemed to have taken effect as on and from the 9th day of March, 1932, and accordingly where a local authority, on or after the 9th day of February, 1932, and before the passing of this Act, passed any such resolution as is mentioned in sub-section (1) of the said section 71 that section shall not operate and shall be deemed never to have operated to make void such resolution or to postpone after the said 9th day of March, 1932, the coming into effect of such resolution.
Validation of certain resolutions.
3.—Whenever a local authority before the 9th day of March, 1932, passed a resolution increasing the salary or emoluments of an officer of that local authority and such resolution became, before the said 9th day of March, 1932, void under section 71 of the Principal Act by reason of the failure of such officer to make and subscribe in accordance with that section the declaration required thereby, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) such resolution shall have and be deemed always to have had the same validity and effect (if any) as it would have had if the said section 71 of the Principal Act had not been enacted;
(b) if the increase of salary or emoluments mentioned in such resolution was by law subject to sanction or confirmation by the Minister, the Minister may, if he thinks proper so to do and notwithstanding any former refusal of such sanction or confirmation or any former grant thereof which did not become effective, give such sanction or confirmation at any time after the passing of this Act, and thereupon such sanction or confirmation shall take and be deemed to have taken effect as on and from such date (not being earlier than the date on which such resolution was passed) as the Minister shall specify in that behalf;
(c) there shall be payable by virtue of this section to such officer or his personal representative the total amount of such additional salary and emoluments (reckoned as from the date on which the increase of salary or emoluments mentioned in such resolution is deemed by virtue of this section to have become effective) as he would have been entitled to receive by virtue of such resolution if such increase had actually become effective on the said date;
(d) neither the fact that such officer was transferred by statute or otherwise to the service of a local authority other than the local authority by which such resolution was passed nor the fact that the local authority by which such resolution was passed has ceased to exist shall operate to disentitle such officer or his personal representative to the payment mentioned in the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section;
(e) if such officer ceased to be an officer of a local authority and was granted a pension or paid a gratuity on such cesser, such officer or his personal representative shall be entitled to have the amount of such pension or gratuity reconsidered by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health and, if the said Minister so thinks proper, increased by such amount as the said Minister shall direct;
(f) every doubt, question or dispute which shall arise in the carrying of this section into effect, and, in particular, every doubt, question, or dispute as to the local authority or local authorities by which any moneys payable to such officer or his personal representative by virtue of this section are to be paid shall be determined by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health whose determination thereof shall be final, but where the local authority in relation to which any such doubt, question, or dispute arises is a vocational education committee or a committee of agriculture the Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall consult with the Minister for Education or the Minister for Agriculture (as the case may require) before determining such doubt, question, or dispute.
Appointment by local authority of persons formerly removed from or refused office or employment.
4.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926), it shall be lawful for any local authority, within a period of five years from the passing of this Act, to appoint with the sanction of the Minister to any office or employment under such local authority any person who in the opinion of the Minister was removed from, or was refused appointment or not appointed to, such office or employment or any office or employment analogous thereto whether under the same or another local authority in Saorstát Eireann as a result of the operation of section 71 of the Principal Act or for political reasons, or any person who in the opinion of the Minister was removed for political reasons from an analogous office or employment under a local authority in any part of Ireland outside Saorstát Eireann.
(2) Any person who is appointed under sub-section (1) of this section to an office or employment may, when so appointed, be placed on the salary scale which, in the opinion of the Minister, he would have reached at the time of such appointment if he had not suffered any such removal or refusal as is mentioned in the said sub-section.
Pensionable service of certain classes of officers.
5.—(1) Whenever an officer of a local authority resigned or was dismissed from the service of such local authority after the 1st day of January, 1922, and before the 9th day of March, 1932, and at any time subsequent to such resignation or dismissal either was appointed (whether by way of re-instatement or by way of new appointment) to and employed in the same or another pensionable office by the said local authority, or was appointed to and employed in a pensionable office by another local authority, and the Minister, within twelve months after such appointment or the passing of this Act, whichever is the later, certifies in writing under his hand that such officer so resigned or was so dismissed for political reasons, such officer shall be entitled, for the purpose of calculating the amount of any pension to which he may become entitled under the Principal Act or any other enactment—
(a) to reckon as pensionable service the period between the date on which he so resigned or was dismissed (as the case may be) and the date on which he was subsequently so appointed as aforesaid by a local authority, and
(b) where his service before he so resigned or was dismissed was service under a local authority whose functional area was outside the area now comprised in Saorstát Eireann and was service which would have been pensionable service if the functional area of such local authority had been within Saorstát Eireann, to reckon such service as pensionable service, and
(c) to reckon as one period of continuous pensionable service the following periods that is to say, his pensionable service before he so resigned or was dismissed (as the case may be), the said period mentioned in paragraph (a) of this sub-section, and his pensionable service subsequent to that period.
(2) Where an officer becomes entitled by virtue of this section to reckon as pensionable service a period intervening between his resignation or dismissal from the service of one local authority and his appointment to a pensionable office by another local authority, such proportion of that period as the Minister shall direct shall, for the purpose of determining the liability for any pension to which such officer may become entitled under the Principal Act, be deemed to be service in the employment of the local authority from whose service such officer so resigned or was dismissed, and the remainder of the said period shall be deemed to be service in the employment of the local authority by whom he was so appointed at the expiration of the said period.
(3) Where an officer has become entitled by virtue of this section to reckon as part of a period of continuous pensionable service a period of service under a local authority the functional area of which was outside the area now comprised in Saorstát Eireann (whether such period of continuous pensionable service does or does not also include by virtue of this section a period between the termination of such service and his being appointed to a pensionable office under another local authority) and such officer is awarded a pension or gratuity, the Minister shall, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, refund to the local authority by which such pension or gratuity is paid, such proportion of such pension or gratuity as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, shall determine to be attributable to the service of such officer under a local authority whose functional area was outside the area now comprised in Saorstát Eireann, and in such case section 47 of the Principal Act and sub-section (2) of this section shall not apply.
(4) No certificate for the purposes of this section shall be given by the Minister for Education without the consent of the Minister for Finance.
(5) In this section—
(a) the expression “local authority” shall in relation to any act, event, or thing which was done or occurred before the 30th day of April, 1923, be construed as including any local authority whose functional area was then situated anywhere in Ireland, and
(b) references to resignation from a service shall be construed as including leaving such service otherwise than by dismissal, and
(c) all words and expressions to which a particular meaning is assigned by section 42 of the Principal Act have the meaning so assigned.
Legalisation of certain payments.
6.—(1) Where a person actually performed and fulfilled the services and duties of an officer or a servant of a local authority while he was, by the operation of section 71 of the Principal Act, not an officer or servant of such local authority or while he was, by reason of a decision of or direction given to such local authority and on account of his political activities, not in receipt of remuneration from such local authority, such local authority or any other local authority to whom the functions, duties, and powers of such first-mentioned local authority have been transferred on the abolition of such first-mentioned local authority may with the sanction of the Minister pay to such person or his personal representative any sum or sums of money by way of remuneration in respect of the period during which such person was so performing and fulfilling the services and duties of such officer or servant, not exceeding in the whole the amount of the remuneration to which such person would have been entitled in respect of such period if he had actually been such officer or servant.
(2) Any payment made by a local authority before the passing of this Act which was not lawful at the time when it was made but would have been lawful by virtue of this section if this section had been in force at that time, shall be deemed to have been made under this section and to be and always to have been lawful.
Payment of certain withheld remuneration.
7.—(1) Any local authority may, within six months after the passing of this Act and with the sanction of the Minister, pay to any person or to the personal representative of any person who was an officer or servant of such local authority during the whole or any part of the period which began on the 1st day of July, 1922, and ended on the 30th day of April, 1923, and whose service as such officer or servant was interrupted during any part of that period by reason of his having being imprisoned or interned or otherwise absent from his duties during the said part of such period on account of his political activities, the whole or any part of any salary, wages, or remuneration in respect of the said part of such period payment of which was withheld from him by such local authority on account of his being so imprisoned or interned or otherwise absent from his duties.
(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to or for the purposes of the foregoing sub-section of this section, that is to say:—
(a) payment may be made to a person under this section whether he is or is not, at the time of making such payment, an officer or servant of the local authority making such payment;
(b) if the local authority by whom payment of salary, wages, or remuneration was withheld has ceased to exist, any exercise of the powers conferred by this section which could have been made by such local authority if such local authority still existed may be made by the local authority to whom the functions, powers, and duties of such first-mentioned local authority have been transferred;
(c) any payment made under this section to any person shall be defrayed out of the rate or fund out of which the salary, wages, or remuneration of such person are defrayed by the local authority making such payment or, if he is not an officer or servant of such local authority, out of the rate or fund out of which his salary, wages, or remuneration would be defrayed by such local authority if he were an officer or servant of such local authority;
(d) every doubt, question, or dispute which shall arise in the carrying of this section into effect shall be determined by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health whose determination thereof shall be final.
Limitation on amount of rates.
8.—For the purpose of any limit on the amount of the rate out of which a payment under this Act is defrayed so much of such rate as is made for the purpose of defraying such payment shall not be reckoned as part of such rate.
Short title and citation.
9.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1933.
(2) The Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1931, and this Act may be cited together as the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1933.