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Appointment of deputy managers.
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51.—(1) (a) A manager who will for any reason, other than suspension from duty, be temporarily unable to act may, after consultation with the appropriate person, appoint an officer of a local authority to be deputy manager for the duration of such inability and may at any time terminate such appointment.
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(b) Where a manager has for any reason become temporarily unable to act and either has not made an appointment under paragraph (a) or an appointment made under the said paragraph has become terminated under the said paragraph or on account of the death or resignation of the appointee, the appropriate person may appoint an officer of a local authority to be deputy manager for the remainder of the duration of such inability. The appropriate person may at any time terminate such appointment.
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(c) Notification of an appointment under paragraph (a) or (b) shall be sent to the Minister and every member of every local authority concerned as soon as may be after the appointment is made.
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(2) The Minister may appoint an officer of a local authority to be deputy manager if a manager is for any reason temporarily unable to act and an appointment under subsection (1) is not for the time being in force. The Minister may at any time terminate such appointment.
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(3) A deputy manager shall, during the continuance of the inability of the manager or until the appointment is sooner terminated under subsection (1) or (2) or on account of death or resignation, act as manager and, for that purpose, a reference in any provision made by or under this or any other Act to a manager shall be construed, where appropriate, as a reference to the deputy manager.
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(4) In this section “appropriate person” means the cathaoirleach of the relevant county council or county borough council.
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