Local Government Act, 1941

Dissolved local authorities.

51.—(1) Where immediately before the commencement of this section a local authority stands dissolved by virtue of section 72 of the Act of 1925 and an order made under sub-section (1) of that section, the following provisions shall have effect upon such commencement, that is to say:—

(a) such local authority shall cease to be so dissolved and shall be re-established by virtue of this section,

(b) without prejudice to the subsequent paragraphs of this sub-section, all the property, powers, and duties of such local authority shall vest in such local authority as so re-established,

(c) this Part of this Act shall apply in relation to such local authority and for that purpose the members thereof shall be deemed to have been removed from office and the person or persons performing the duties of such local authority in pursuance of the said section 72 immediately before such commencement shall be deemed to be the commissioner or commissioners for such local authority, and

(d) the date upon which the members of such local authority shall be deemed in pursuance of the immediately preceding paragraph of this sub-section to have been removed from office shall be—

(i) in case the dissolution of such local authority continued by reason of section 4 of the Local Government (Dissolved Authorities) Act, 1935 (No. 41 of 1935), the date last fixed for the holding of an election of members of such local authority in pursuance of sub-section (5) of section 72 of the Act of 1925, or

(ii) in any other case, the date of the dissolution of such local authority.

(2) Every order which is in force immediately before the commencement of this section and which was made under sub-section (6) of section 72 of the Act of 1925 or the Local Government Act, 1931 (No. 19 of 1931), in relation to a local authority or was made under the last-mentioned Act in relation to a subsidiary body within the meaning of that Act shall, with such modifications as may be necessary in the circumstances, continue in force on and after such commencement as an order made under this part of this Act and may be amended or revoked accordingly.