S.I. No. 363/2015 - Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st September, 2015.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 71 (4) (inserted by section 31 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)) of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 (No. 27 of 1930), section 20 (4) (inserted by section 31 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)) of the Cork City Management Act 1941 (No. of 5 of 1941), sections 4, 6, and 14(4) (inserted by section 31 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)) of the Local Government Act 1946 (No. 24 of 1946) and sections 3, 4, 111 (as amended by section 58 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014)) and 118 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) (as adapted by the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No.193/2011), hereby make the following regulations:—

Citation

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

(2) The Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No 226 of 2014 ) and these Regulations may be cited together as the Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) Regulations 2014 and 2015 and shall be construed together as one.

Commencement

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 31 August 2015.

Interpretation

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) Regulations 2014.

Amendment to the Principal Regulations

4. The Principal Regulations are amended in Part 2 by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph 6(3)(c):

“which concludes no later than 10 days prior to the local authority budget meeting.”

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 August 2015.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) Regulations 2014 by providing that the meeting at which municipal district members consider the draft budgetary plan must conclude no later than 10 days prior to the local authority budget meeting.