S.I. No. 34/1956:

COUNTY COUNCILS AND MENTAL HOSPITAL BOARDS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) ORDER, 1956.

COUNTY COUNCILS AND MENTAL HOSPITAL BOARDS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) ORDER, 1956.

The Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 and section 67 of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946) hereby orders as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the County Councils and Mental Hospital Boards (Allowances to Members) Order, 1956.

2. Where a resolution under sub-paragraph (ii) of the second paragraph (added by section 67 of the Local Government Act, 1955 ) of sub-section (7) of section 67 of the Local Government Act, 1946 , is in force in relation to a county council or a joint mental hospital board the amount of the allowance which the council or board shall pay to a member who--

(a) attended a meeting of the council or board at a place less than five miles by any route from his official residence, and

(b) was obliged by reason of such attendance to remain away from his home for a continuous period of not less than three hours,

shall be an amount not exceeding thirteen shillings and sixpence.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this First day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-six.

PATRICK O'DONNELL,

Minister for Local Government.