§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether any persons now serving in Northern Ireland as clerk, deputy clerk, or assistant clerk of a district council are not British subjects; when such persons were appointed; and whether he is satisfied that the appointments were within the scope of regulations in force at the time of appointment.
§ Mr. Goodhart[pursuant to his reply, 6 March 1980, c. 338]: I am not aware of any persons having been appointed to the posts of clerk or assistant clerk who 555W were not within the scope of the District Councils (Qualifications of Clerks and Assistant Clerks) Regulations (N.I.) 1973. Such appointments are not the responsibility of my Department.
§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland why, in the Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland 1980, No. 23, the qualification "He is a British 556W Subject", which appeared in the former regulations introduced in 1973, has been dispensed with.
§ Mr. Goodhart[pursuant to his reply, 6 March 1980, c. 338–39]: To bring the Northern Ireland Clerks' Qualifications Regulations into line with local authority practice in the rest of the United Kingdom.