Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985
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Definition of electoral areas in established electoral counties. |
14.—(1) The Minister shall by order divide each of the established electoral counties into county electoral areas and fix in respect of each such county the number of members of the council of such county to be elected from every county electoral area in such county, and in making such order the Minister shall comply with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. | |
(2) The order required to be made by subsection (1) of this section shall be made as soon as may be after the commencement of section 12 of this Act and in any event not later than the date of the order to be made under section 84 (as amended by section 4 of the Local Elections Act, 1966 ) of the Electoral Act, 1963 , fixing the polling day at the local elections to be held in 1985. | ||
(3) The divisions into county electoral areas effected by an order under subsection (1) of this section shall have effect for the purposes of the elections to be held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act and thereafter. | ||
(4) The number of members of the council of an established electoral county to be elected for each county electoral area in such county at the elections to be held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act and thereafter shall be the number fixed in that behalf by the order required to be made under subsection (1) of this section. | ||
(5) Subsection (7) of section 33 of the Local Government Act, 1941 , shall apply to any division effected under subsection (1) of this section as it applies to any division made by an order under the said section 33. |