Local Government Act, 2001
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Attendance of manager at local authority meetings. |
152.—(1) Every manager has the right— | |
(a) to attend and speak at meetings of a local authority for which he or she is manager, and | ||
(b) to take part in its discussions, | ||
but shall not be entitled to vote on any question which is decided by a vote of the members of such local authority. | ||
(2) In so far as it is not inconsistent with the due performance of functions by a manager in relation to the local authorities for which he or she is manager, a manager shall attend— | ||
(a) any meeting of a local authority for which he or she is manager where he or she is requested by the elected council of that local authority to attend, and | ||
(b) any meeting of a committee of a local authority where he or she is requested by the elected council of that local authority to attend. | ||
(3) Whenever a manager attends a meeting of a local authority or of a committee of the local authority in accordance with subsection (2)— | ||
(a) he or she shall give to the elected council of such local authority or committee (as the case may be) such advice and assistance as shall reasonably be required of him or her by the council or committee (and the members of the council or committee shall have regard to that advice or assistance), and | ||
(b) he or she shall arrange for the attendance at such meeting of such of the employees of the local authorities for which he or she is manager as may be appropriate having regard to the business to be transacted at that meeting. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to section 154 , in this section “manager” includes an employee to whom the functions of the manager stand delegated in accordance with that section in respect of the local authority in question. |