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(1)A county clerk, a county treasurer, a county collector, a medical officer of health of a county, a sanitary inspector of a county, a county surveyor or an assessor under the Valuation Acts appointed by a county council may, and if required by the county council shall, appoint one or more persons approved by the council to act as his depute or deputes, and all things required or authorised by law to be done by or to the officer appointing the depute or deputes may be done by or to any depute so appointed by him, and any reference in this Act or any other enactment or any statutory order to the officer appointing the depute shall, where the depute is acting for the officer, include a reference to the depute.
(2)If the office of any of the officers mentioned in the preceding subsection is vacant or the holder of the office is for any reason unable to act and no depute has been appointed under the provisions of the preceding subsection or the depute so appointed is unable to act, the county council may, notwithstanding any law or practice to the contrary, appoint a person to act temporarily in that office for a period not exceeding six months with power to the council to renew the appointment for a further period not exceeding six months, and all things required or authorised by law to be done by or to any such officer may be done by or to the person appointed to act temporarily in the office of that officer, and any reference in this Act or any other enactment or any statutory order to such officer shall, where a person is acting temporarily in his office under this section, include a reference to the person so acting.
(3)Any depute appointed by an officer under subsection (1) of this section may, notwithstanding that the officer appointing the depute has by reason of death, resignation or other cause ceased to hold office, exercise and discharge the powers and duties of the office until the county council otherwise determine.
(4)A person shall not be appointed a depute medical officer of health or to act in place of a medical officer of health under this section unless he is a registered medical practitioner, nor shall a person be appointed to act temporarily in place of. a medical officer of health for a longer period than six months except with the sanction of the Secretary of State.
(5)A person acting under this section as depute or in place of an officer shall be deemed to be an officer of the county council, and the council may pay to the person so acting such reasonable remuneration as they may determine.
(6)A person appointed as a depute under this section shall cease to hold office as depute if either the officer appointing the depute or the county council so determine, but if at the time of his appointment as depute he was an officer of the council or if his duties when acting as depute involve whole-time service with the council he shall not, except where the council so determine, cease to be an officer of the council, and a person appointed to act in place of an officer under this section shall hold office during the pleasure of the county council.
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