Cork City Management (Amendment) Act, 1941

Electoral area.

4.—(1) Unless and until an order under this section comes into force, the following provisions shall apply and have effect in respect of borough elections, that is to say:—

(a) there shall be one electoral area consisting of the area of the Borough and such electoral area shall be a borough electoral area for the purposes of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919, and

(b) the first six members of the Council elected shall be aldermen and all other members of the Council shall be councillors.

(2) The Council may, in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Council and for the passing of which not less than two-thirds of the members of the Council voted, apply to the Minister for an order dividing the Borough into two or more electoral areas.

(3) On receiving an application for an order under this section, the Minister may, as he thinks proper, either refuse such application or make such order.

(4) An order under this section shall—

(a) appoint in such manner as most nearly secures equal representation on the basis of population—

(i) the number of members of the Council to be elected at a borough election for each of the electoral areas created by such order, and

(ii) the number of members of the Council elected at a borough election in each of such areas who shall be aldermen, and

(b) declare that every member of the Council who is not, in accordance with such order, an alderman shall be a councillor.

(5) Every electoral area created by an order under this section shall be a borough electoral area for the purposes of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919.

(6) An order under this section shall have the force of law in accordance with the terms thereof.