S.I. No. 337/1998 - Galway County Borough Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998

S.I. No. 337 of 1998.

GALWAY COUNTY BOROUGH LOCAL ELECTORAL AREAS ORDER, 1998

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 24 of the Local Government Act, 1994 (No. 8 of 1994), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Galway County Borough Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998.

2. (1) The County Borough of Galway shall be divided into the local electoral areas which are named in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) Each such local electoral area shall consist of the area set forth in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

(3) The number of members of the council of the County Borough of Galway to be elected for each such local electoral area shall be the number set forth in the third column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.

(4) The number of said members to be elected for each such local electoral area who are to be aldermen shall be the number set forth in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.

3. Every reference in the Schedule to this Order to:

(1) the County Borough shall be construed as a reference to the County Borough of Galway as existing at the date of this Order; and

(2) an electoral division shall be construed as a reference to such area as described in the County Borough of Galway (Wards) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 34 of 1986 ) and therein referred to as a ward.

4. The Borough of Galway (Local Electoral Areas) Order, 1985 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1985 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Local Electoral Area	Description of Local Electoral Area	Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area	Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Galway No. 1	The electoral divisions of Ballybaan, Ballybrit, Castlegar, Eyre Square, Lough Atalia, Menlough, Mervue, Murroogh, Renmore, St. Nicholas, Wellpark.	7	2
Galway No. 2	The electoral divisions of Dangan, Newcastle, Nuns Island, Rahoon, Shantalla, Taylors Hill.	4	1
Galway No. 3	The electoral divisions of Barna, Claddagh, Knocknacarragh, Rockbarton, Salthill.	4	1

GIVEN under the official seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government this 15th day of September, 1998.

NOEL DEMPSEY

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to amend the division of Galway County Borough into local electoral areas, to fix the number of members to be elected for each electoral area and the number of aldermen to be elected for each electoral area.