Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this part (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4 para. (j)(i); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m) (subject to art. 2(3))
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): extended (E.W.) (26.10.2000 for E. and 28.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 23, 108(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(13); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(c)
C2Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): extended (E.) (6.5.2002) by The Local Authorities (Elected Mayor and Mayor's Assistant) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/975), regs. 1(2), 3(6)
(1)Every appointment of a person to a paid office or employment under—
(a)a local authority or parish or community council in England and Wales, or
(b)a local authority in Scotland,
shall be made on merit.
(2)Subsection (1) above applies to all appointments made by, or by any committee of, a local authority or parish or community council, whether made under section 112 of the M1Local Government Act 1972 orsection 64 of the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (appointment of staff) or otherwise, but has effect subject to—
(a)sections 9 and 12 of the M3Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 (quotas and reserved employment);
(b)section 18 of the M4Fire Services Act 1947 (regulations as to appointment etc. of chief officers and fire brigades);
(c)section 7 of the M5Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (discrimination permitted in relation to employment where sex of employee is a genuine occupational qualification);
(d)section 5 of the M6Race Relations Act 1976 (discrimination permitted in relation to employment where being of a particular racial group is a genuine occupational qualification); and
(e)section 113 of the M7Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 6 above (qualifications of officers responsible for administration of financial affairs of certain authorities).
(3)This section shall come into force at the expiry of the period of two months beginning on the day this Act is passed.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 7 applied (S.) (temp. 6.4.1995 to 1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/789, art. 2, Sch. para. 11
S. 7 extended (E.W.) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 13(7) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
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