Local Government Act, 1946

Remuneration of servants and of certain officers.

42.—(1) In this section, the word “employment” shall be construed as including, in addition to the employment of a servant of a local authority, an office other than a major office.

(2) A local authority shall not—

(a) pay remuneration in respect of an employment held by any person immediately before the 26th day of August, 1942, unless they pay the remuneration either at a rate not greater than the rate at which they paid remuneration in respect of the employment immediately before that date or at a higher rate for the time being sanctioned by the appropriate Minister, or

(b) pay remuneration in respect of an employment of a class the same as one in which they employed persons immediately before the 26th day of August, 1942, unless they pay the remuneration either at a rate not greater than the rate at which they paid remuneration in respect of employment of that class immediately before that date or at a higher rate for the time being sanctioned by the appropriate Minister, or

(c) pay remuneration to a person employed or appointed after the commencement of this section to fill a vacancy in an employment as respects which neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) of this subsection is applicable unless they pay the remuneration either at a rate not greater than the rate at which they paid remuneration in respect of the employment immediately before the occurrence of the vacancy or at a higher rate for the time being sanctioned by the appropriate Minister, or

(d) pay remuneration in respect of an employment as respects which neither paragraph (a), paragraph (b) nor paragraph (c) of this subsection is applicable unless they pay the remuneration at a rate for the time being sanctioned by the appropriate Minister.

(3) The appropriate Minister may at any time revoke a sanction given by him for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section.

(4) If the Emergency Powers (No. 216) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O., No. 433 of 1942), is revoked on the date of the commencement of this section, a sanction which was given by the Minister for the purposes of Article 3 of that Order shall continue in force and be deemed to be a sanction given by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section and shall be capable of being revoked accordingly.