A council may authorise any officer of the council, either in respect of matters of any class or in respect of any particular matter, to institute on its behalf proceedings before any court of summary jurisdiction or to appear on its behalf before a court of summary jurisdiction in any proceedings instituted by the council or on its behalf, and any officer so authorised shall be entitled to conduct any such proceedings on behalf of the council although he is not a practising solicitor.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 117 applied (with mods) (2.7.2013) by The Local Government (Statutory Transition Committees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/179), regs. 1(1), 22, Sch. 2