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The Local Government (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/28 · Made 30 January 2015

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Local Government

Made 30th January 2015

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 129 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2014 c. 8 (N.I.).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions of the Act coming into operation on 1st February 2015
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Government (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.

(2)

In this Order any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

2Provisions of the Act coming into operation on 1st February 2015

The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

(a)

section 5(1) (disqualification of holders of prescribed offices and appointments);

(b)

section 115 (exclusion of non-commercial considerations); and

(c)

Schedule 9, paragraph 2 (minor and consequential amendments: general)

is 1st February 2015.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 30th January 2015.

L.S.

Elizabeth Loughran

A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation section 5(1) (disqualification of holders of prescribed offices and appointments) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014. Section 5(2) was commenced by the Local Government (2014 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order 2014 (2014 No. 153 (C. 8).

This Order brings into operation section 115 (exclusion of non-commercial considerations) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 which amends article 19 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 to permit the Department to provide for a specified matter to cease to be a non-commercial matter for the purposes of Article 19.

This Order also commences paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 which amends section 42 (councillors not to be appointed officers) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.