No. 2/1934:

THE LOCAL OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS (GAELTACHT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1934.

THE LOCAL OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS (GAELTACHT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1934.

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

WHEREAS in pursuance of Section 15 of the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 , the Minister for Local Government and Public Health did by the Local Offices and Employments (Gaeltacht) Orders, 1928 to 1932, make and prescribe rules and regulations with respect to the continuance of persons in the offices or employments specified in the said Orders where the duties of such offices or employments are to be performed in or in relation to the Gaeltacht as defined in the said Orders or any part thereof:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the said Orders in manner hereinafter appearing:

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, in exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 15 of the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 , does by this his Order, order and direct as follows, that is to say:—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Offices and Employments (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Order, 1934.

(2) This Order shall be read and construed as one with the Local Offices and Employments (Gaeltacht) Orders, 1928 to 1932, and may be cited collectively with those Orders as the Local Offices and Employments (Gaeltacht) Orders, 1928 to 1934.

(3) In this Order the expression "the Order of 1934" means the Local Offices and Employments (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Order, 1934 ; and other expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Local Offices and Employments (Gaeltacht) Orders, 1928 to 1934.

2. This Order shall apply to every person holding an office or employment under a local authority on the 28th day of February, 1934, who, by reason of the provisions of Article 3 of the Principal Order as amended by Article 2 of the Order of 1931, would cease to hold the said office or employment, save for the provisions of this Order, on the said 28th day of February, 1934.

3. Article 3 of the Principal Order as amended by Article 2 of the Order of 1931, shall, in its application to a person to whom this Order applies, be amended so as to provide that such person may continue in his office or employment until the 31st day of July, 1934, but shall not continue in such office or employment after the said 31st day of July, 1934, unless, before the said date, the Minister is satisfied in accordance with the Principal Order that such person possesses the knowledge of Irish mentioned in the said Article 3 of the Principal Order.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, this Ninth day of January, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-four.

(Signed), SEAN T. O CEALLAIGH,

Minister for Local Government and Public Health