S.I. No. 264/1983:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1983.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1955 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1983.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Local Government Act, 1955 (No. 9 of 1955) hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1955 (Commencement) Order, 1983.

2. Section 18 of the Local Government Act, 1955 shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1983.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 6th day of September, 1983.

DICK SPRING,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation section 18 of the Local Government Act, 1955 , which provides for the amendment of section 27 of the Local Government Act, 1941 . The effect of the amendment is that only the appropriate Minister may now suspend an officer of a local authority under section 27 of the Local Government Act, 1941 and that the power of local authorities to suspend officers can only be effected under regulations made pursuant to section 19 of the Local Government Act, 1941 as amended by section 14 of the Local Government Act, 1955 .