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Local authority associations
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56. Section 225 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (3) by substituting the following for paragraphs (c) and (d):
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“(c) the provision of policy support and other assistance to its constituent authorities as regards any matter relating to or that may relate to local government,
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(d) the assessment of public policy as regards any matter relating to or that may relate to local government, and
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(e) the provision of advice and the making of submissions to the Minister or other public authorities as regards such matters.”,
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and
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(b) by inserting the following after subsection (3):
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“(3A) (a) Where an association of local authorities or, in the event that there is a single association, such association requests a meeting with the Minister in relation to activities under subsection (3), the Minister shall meet a delegation from the association, or hold a meeting to which paragraph (b) applies, at least once in every year.
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(b) Where there is more than one association of local authorities in being at the time of a request or requests for a meeting with the Minister under this subsection is or are received, the Minister may require the meeting for the purposes of paragraph (a) to be a meeting with a joint delegation from those associations.”.
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