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Number 9 of 1955.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.

Section
1.	Short title, collective citation and construction.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Commencement.
4.	Regulations.
5.	Repeals.

Part II .

OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS AND AMENDMENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1926.

Chapter I .

Offices and Employments.

6.	Definitions for Chapter I of Part II.
7.	Alteration of duties in certain cases.
8.	General sanction or consent by appropriate Minister.
9.	Inclusive remuneration.
10.	Amalgamation of offices.
11.	Determination of certain doubts, etc.
12.	Amendment of section 10 of Act of 1941.
13.	Amendment of sections 13 and 16 of Act of 1941.
14.	Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1941.
15.	Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1941.
16.	Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1941.
17.	Amendment of section 24 Act of 1941.
18.	Amendment of section 27 of Act of 1941.
19.	Amendment of section 29 of Act of 1941.
20.	Restriction on power to assign remuneration.
21.	Restriction on holding office or being employed.
22.	Transfer of certain powers, etc.
23.	Special provisions for certain persons.
24.	Age limit for certain offices.

Chapter II.

Amendments of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926.

25.	The Principal Act.
26.	Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.
27.	Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act.
28.	Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act.
29.	Dispensing with competitive examination.
30.	Panels of persons qualified for appointment to offices.

Part III.

ROADS.

Part IV.

PROVISIONS RELATING TO LOCAL FINANCE.

42.	Borrowing by way of temporary loan or overdraft.
43.	Exclusion from limitation of borrowing.
44.	Borrowing for maintenance of town hall.
45.	Rate not to be invalidated in certain circumstances.
46.	Amendment of rates to be deemed not to be reserved function.
47.	Amendment of Local Authorities (Works) Act, 1949.
48.	Audit fees.
49.	Making of charge.
50.	Amendment of section 10 of Act of 1946.

Part V.

APPROVED LOCAL COUNCILS IN COUNTY BOROUGHS.

51.	Approved local councils in county boroughs.
52.	Provision of buildings, etc., for approved local councils.

PART VI.

MISCELLANEOUS.

53.	Amendment of sections 76 to 79 of Act of 1946.
54.	Grants by county council towards provision of building by approved local council.
55.	Contribution to body providing swimming facilities.
56.	Decorations.
57.	Contribution to body providing museum.
58.	Alteration of market charges, etc.
59.	Exercise or performance of power, function or duty by local authority for another local authority or for other statutory body.
60.	Advisory Committees.
61.	Regulations with respect to meetings, etc.
62.	Standing orders for regulation of proceedings.
63.	Separate appearance at local inquiry by manager.
64.	Contribution towards costs and expenses in relation to local inquiry.
65.	Incorporation of commissioners of town which is not an urban district.
66.	Revocation of order prohibiting temporary dwellings.
67.	Travelling, etc., expenses.
68.	Alteration of boundaries of certain public assistance districts.
69.	Provision of money for certain public assistance authorities.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Enactments Repealed

SECOND SCHEDULE

Subsections referred to in Section 24 of this Act

Acts Referred to
Local Government Act, 1925	No. 5 of 1925
Local Government Act, 1941	No. 23 of 1941
Local Government Act, 1946	No. 24 of 1946
Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948	No. 4 of 1948
Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1944	No. 9 of 1944
Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926	No. 39 of 1926
County Management Act, 1940	No. 12 of 1940
Road Traffic Act, 1933	No. 11 of 1933
Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1936	No. 55 of 1936
Local Authorities (Works) Act, 1949	No. 17 of 1949
Local Government (Temporary Reduction of Valuation) Act, 1954	No. 8 of 1954
Local Government (Rates on Small Dwellings) Act, 1928	No. 4 of 1928
Health Act, 1953	No. 26 of 1953
National Monuments Act, 1930	No. 2 of 1930
Mental Treatment Act, 1945	No. 19 of 1945
Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948	No. 3 of 1948
Public Libraries Act, 1947	No. 40 of 1947
Public Assistance Act, 1939	No. 27 of 1939

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Number 9 of 1955.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955.

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION IN RELATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO MAKE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS IN THE LAW RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [10th May, 1955.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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