C2C3Part I Local Authority Members, Officers, Staff and Committees etc.
Pt. 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)
Appointment and management etc. of staff
C17 All staff to be appointed on merit.
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 or section 64 of the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (appointment of staff) or otherwise, but has effect subject to—
F1a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b
section 18 of the M3Fire Services Act 1947 (regulations as to appointment etc. of chief officers and fire brigades);
c
section 7 of the M4Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (discrimination permitted in relation to employment where sex of employee is a genuine occupational qualification);
d
e
F3f
sections 5 and 6 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (meaning of discrimination and duty to make adjustments).
3
This section shall come into force at the expiry of the period of two months beginning on the day this Act is passed.
Pt. 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)