Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

County Council may prepare Scheme where no existing Scheme.

3.—(1) The Council of any County in Saorstát Eireann to which no existing County Scheme relates may prepare a scheme in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the relief of the poor in that County, and may submit such scheme when prepared to the Minister.

(2) Subject to the consent of the Minister the Council of any County Borough and the Council of any County adjoining such County Borough in lieu of preparing separate schemes under this section may prepare a joint scheme for the relief of the poor in such County Borough and County and submit such joint scheme to the Minister and for the purposes of this Act every such joint scheme when duly confirmed by the Minister under this Act shall be a County Scheme and such County Borough and County shall together be one County.