Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

PART IV

General Reorganisation

Alteration of boundary of Borough of Galway.

19.—(1) (a) On the commencement of this subsection, the area described in the Fourth Schedule to this Act shall, for the purposes of the local elections next occurring after such commencement, be detached from the County Health District of Galway and from the jurisdiction and powers of the council of the county of Galway (in so far as they relate to such purposes) and be added to the Borough of Galway, and on and from such commencement the said area shall be included in, and form part of, the said borough for the said purposes and the boundary of that borough shall be altered accordingly.

(b) The Minister may by order make such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as appear to him to be expedient to enable paragraph (a) of this subsection to have effect for the purposes of the elections referred to in that paragraph.

(2) The Minister shall by order provide that the boundary alteration effected by subsection (1) of this section shall (in addition to having effect for the purposes specified in the said subsection (1)) have effect for such other purposes as shall be specified in the order.

(3) Where an order under subsection (2) of this section has not been made prior to the local elections next occurring after the commencement of subsection (1) of this section, then, pending the making and coming into operation of the said order, each of the persons elected at the aforesaid local elections to the council of the Borough of Galway shall be the members of and, as regards the period beginning on the day of their coming into office and ending on the commencement of the said order, shall act as the council for the said borough as it existed immediately prior to the making of the boundary changes effected by the said subsection (1).

(4) For the purposes of giving effect to the order required to be made by subsection (2) of this section, the Minister may either by that order or by another order—

(a) make a provision similar to or to the same effect (with any modifications which the Minister may consider appropriate in the particular circumstances) as any provision contained in the Second Schedule to this Act, and

(b) do anything which may be done by order under section 24 of this Act, and

(c) make such other provision (if any), as the Minister shall think proper, in relation to any matter whatsoever.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of section 24 of this Act.