Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930

Application of Local Elections Act, 1927.

86.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 of the Local Elections Act, 1927 (No. 39 of 1927), Part II of that Act (except sections 16 and 17) and also all rules made by the Minister under section 14 of that Act shall apply to the City Council and to the County Council, and to every local authority whose functional area is within the City or the County, but such application shall (except as regards the Commissioners of the town of Balbriggan) be subject to the provisions of this Act and to the following provisions, that is to say:—

(a) the members of the City Council and the members of the Borough Council who are elected to those Councils respectively at the elections held in the year 1930 shall come into office on the morning of the appointed day;

(b) section 14 of the said Act shall have effect in relation to the City Corporation and the County Council as if the rules made by the Minister under that section before the passing of this Act were made on the 1st day of April, 1931.

(2) No election of members of the council of the county borough of Dublin shall be held in pursuance of the Local Elections Postponement Act, 1925 (No. 42 of 1925), the Local Elections (Dissolved Authorities) Act, 1926 (No. 22 of 1926), or the Local Elections (Dublin) Act, 1929 (No. 3 of 1929), and in lieu thereof an election of members of the City Council shall be held on the day of election under and in accordance with this Act.

(3) No election of members of the County Council shall be held in pursuance of Part III of the Local Elections Act, 1927 , as amended by the Local Elections (Dublin) Act, 1929 , and in lieu thereof an election of members of the County Council shall be held on the day of election under and in accordance with this Act, and section 22 of the Local Elections Act, 1927 , shall have effect in relation to the County Council as if the sixth day after the day of election were the prescribed date referred to in that section.

(4) No election of guardians of the poor of the Dublin Union shall be held in pursuance of the Local Elections Postponement Act, 1925 , the Local Elections (Dissolved Authorities) Act, 1926 , or the Local Elections (Dublin) Act 1929 .

(5) No election of members of the council of an added urban district or the council of a coastal urban district shall be held in pursuance of Part III of the Local Elections Act, 1927 as amended by the Local Elections (Dublin) Act, 1929 , and section 22 of the Local Elections Act, 1927 shall have effect in relation to all such councils as if the day before the appointed day were the prescribed date referred to in that section.

(6) No election of members of any rural district council whose functional area is within the County of Dublin nor of guardians of the poor of the Rathdown Union nor of guardians of the poor of the Balrothery Union shall be held in pursuance of Part III of the Local Elections Act, 1927 as amended by the Local Elections (Dublin) Act, 1929 , and notwithstanding anything contained in section 22 of the Local Elections Act, 1927 the respective terms of office of every member, chairman and vice-chairman of any such rural district council or of the said guardians who is in office at the passing of this Act shall be extended to and shall expire on the fourteenth day after the day of election.