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Deputy manager.
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148.—(1) (a) A manager, following consultation with the Cathaoirleach of the county or city council concerned (in this section referred to as the “relevant Cathaoirleach”), may by order appoint an employee to be a deputy manager for the purposes of subsection (2) and may at any time terminate such appointment.
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(b) An order under paragraph (a) may provide that where an appointee specified in the order is not available such other employee as may be so specified shall stand appointed as deputy manager for so long as the first-mentioned appointee is unavailable.
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(c) An appointment under this subsection may be made by reference to a particular individual or to the holder for the time being of a particular employment.
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(2) A deputy manager shall by virtue of this section act as and be the manager for the duration of any period which may arise from time to time (whether by way of vacation, illness or other reason) during which the manager is temporarily unable to act.
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(3) (a) Where a manager has for any reason become temporarily unable to act and—
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(i) has not made an appointment under subsection (1),
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(ii) there is no subsisting appointment, or
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(iii) the appointee is incapacitated or otherwise unable to act,
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the relevant Cathaoirleach may appoint an employee of the local authority to be deputy manager for the remainder of the duration of the inability of the manager to act and may at any time terminate such appointment.
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(b) Notification of an appointment under subsection (1) or (3) shall be sent to the Minister and every member of every local authority concerned as soon as may be after the appointment is made.
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(4) (a) The Minister may appoint an employee of a local authority to be deputy manager if a manager is for any reason temporarily unable to act and an appointment under subsection (1) or (3) is not for the time being in force.
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(b) The Minister may at any time terminate an appointment to which paragraph (a) applies.
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(5) A deputy manager shall act as and be the manager during the continuance of the inability of the manager to act or until—
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(a) the appointment is sooner terminated under subsection (1), (3) or (4), or
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(b) on account of the death, retirement, resignation or inability otherwise to act, of the deputy manager.
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(6) A reference in any enactment including this Act to a manager shall be read as including a deputy manager acting as manager in accordance with this section.
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