246.—Section 35 of the Abattoirs Act, 1988, is amended—

(a) by the insertion in subsection (1)(a) of “or part-time” after “whole-time”;

(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (4):

“(4) The provisions of section 85 of the Local Government Act, 2001, shall apply to the appointment of a whole-time or part-time veterinary inspector pursuant to this section subject to the modification that a local authority shall not enter into the agreement referred to in the said section 85 unless the consent of the Minister has been first obtained.”;

(c) by the substitution in subsections (5) and (6) of “section 85 (as modified by subsection (4) of this section) of the Local Government Act, 2001,” for “section 59 (as modified by subsection (4) of this section) of the Local Government Act, 1955,”.