Local Government Act, 1994 (Local Authority Meetings) (Interim) Regulations, 1999.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1994 (Local Authority Meetings) (Interim) Regulations, 1999.
Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to an article is a reference to an article of these Regulations; a reference to a sub-article is a reference to a sub-article of the article in which the reference occurs; and a reference to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of the article or sub-article in which the reference occurs.
(2) In these regulations except where the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Local Government Act, 1994 ;
“cathaoirleach” and “leas-chathaoirleach” shall be construed in accordance with Part IV of the Act;
“election year” means a year in which elections pursuant to Part III of the Act are held;
“local authority” means a county council, a county borough corporation, borough corporation, urban district council or the commissioners of a town;
“member” includes a cathaoirleach, leas chathaoirleach, alderman, councillor and a commissioner of a town;
“the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment and Local Government;
“the ordinary day of retirement” shall be construed in accordance with section 9(2) of the Act.
(3) In these regulations every reference to a meeting or member of a local authority shall, where the local authority is the corporation of a county or other borough, be construed as a reference to a meeting or member of the council established by law in respect of such county or other borough.
(4) In these regulations a reference to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended, adapted or extended by or under any subsequent enactment.
Commencement.
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paragraphs: These regulations shall come into operation on the day of the making of an order by the Minister under section 21 of the Act fixing the polling day for the local elections to be held next after the making of these regulations.
Day of Annual Meeting.
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paragraphs: (1) In every year a local authority shall hold an annual meeting and the annual meeting of a local authority shall be held—
(a) in an election year, if the local authority is a county council, on the fourteenth day and, in any other case on the tenth day, after the polling day or, where the poll is for any reason countermanded, interrupted or adjourned, after the day on which the poll is completed or the fresh poll is held, provided that where such fourteenth or tenth day is an excluded day, the meeting shall be held on the next following day which is not an excluded day.
(b) in any other year, on a day not being more than fourteen days either before or after the anniversary of the first annual meeting, as the local authority shall by resolution appoint or fix by standing orders, provided that where such fourteenth day after the anniversary day or such fourteenth day before the anniversary day is an excluded day, the meeting may be held on the next following day (or preceding day, as appropriate,) which is not an excluded day.
(2) In this article “excluded day” means a day which is a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday, or other day on which the offices of the local authority are not open to the public.
(3) A reference in any enactment to a quarterly meeting of a county or other borough corporation which is held next after a local election shall be construed as a reference to the annual meeting of such corporation held pursuant to paragraph (a) of sub-article (1).
Public Notice of Annual Meeting.
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paragraphs: (1) A local authority shall in an election year publish notice of its annual meeting in at least one newspaper circulating in its administrative area.
(2) Such notice shall state the date of the annual meeting and that the first business of the meeting will be the election of the cathaoirleach; and in the case of a local authority other than the commissioners of a town, such notice shall specify the bodies to which the local authority will make appointments at that meeting or subsequently.