Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

Provisions relating to elections of councils of established electoral counties.

15.—(1) The register of electors for an established electoral county shall, for the purposes of the elections to be held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act, be that portion of the register of electors for the County (as existing immediately after the commencement of section 10 of this Act) as relates to the area which that established electoral county comprises.

(2) The returning officer for the election of members of each of the councils of the established electoral counties shall be the Dublin City Manager and Town Clerk.

(3) The cost of conducting the elections held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act shall be defrayed—

(a) in the case of the election as regards the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, by the County Council and the Corporation of the Borough of Dún Laoghaire in such proportion as the Dublin City Manager and Town Clerk shall direct,

(b) in the case of the other such elections, by the County Council.