# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, Section 42: Councillors not to be appointed officers.

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall, so long as he is and for twelve months after he has ceased to be, a councillor, be disqualified for being appointed by the council to any paid office which is prescribed under section 4(1)(a) .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In this section—
“council” includes a committee or sub-committee of a council;
“councillor” includes a member of such a committee or sub-committee, whether he is a member of the council or not.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-42
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