Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

Continuation of Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Corporation.

16.—(1) There shall not be an election of members of the County Council or the Borough Council at the local elections next occurring after the commencement of section 12 of this Act.

(2) The County Council shall, on and after the ordinary day of retirement of members thereof next occurring after the commencement of section 12 of this Act, consist of seventy-eight members.

(3) Each of the persons elected to the councils of the established electoral counties at the elections held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act shall be regarded for all purposes as having been elected to the County Council on the same day as their election to whichever of the councils established under section 13 (1) of this Act is appropriate and on and from the ordinary day of retirement referred to in subsection (2) of this section those persons shall be the members of and shall act as the County Council.

(4) The persons elected at the elections held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act for the relevant electoral areas shall be regarded for all purposes as having been elected to the Borough Council on the same day as their election to the Council of the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and on and from the ordinary day of retirement referred to in subsection (2) of this section those persons shall be the members of and shall act as the Borough Council.

(5) Section 43 (1) of the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930 , shall be construed and have effect subject to subsection (4) of this section.

(6) In this section “the relevant electoral areas” means such of the electoral areas fixed by the order under section 14 of this Act, as regards the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, as the Minister shall by order specify, which order shall also specify the total number of members who by virtue of subsection (4) of this section are to be the members of and act as the Borough Council and which order the Minister is hereby empowered to make.

(7) In this section “the ordinary day of retirement” means the day which, had subsection (1) of this section not been enacted, would, by virtue of the Local Elections Regulations, 1965, be the day on which the members of the County Council would be required to retire.