S.I. No. 212/1956 - Local Government Act, 1955 (Commencement) Order, 1956.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Local Government Act, 1955

(Commencement) Order, 1956.

2.

Section 26

of the

Local Government Act, 1955

shall come into operation on the 31st day of July, 1956.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twenty-fourth day of July One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-six.

PATRICK O'DONNELL,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation on 31st July, 1956

section 26

of the

Local Government Act, 1955

which amends

section 2

of the

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

(No. 39 of 1926). The effect of the amendment is to remove from the scope of the Act of 1926 temporary appointments to offices to which the Act applies, the office of part-time engineer or surveyor to an urban district council or town commissioners and offices the qualifications for which are technical. These appointments may now be made by local authorities themselves without recourse to the Local Appointments Commissioners.

S.I. No. 212 of 1956.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1956.

The Minister for Local Government in pursuance of

section 3

of the

Local Government Act, 1955

(No. 9 of 1955) hereby orders as follows :—