Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930

Future extension of city and borough.

27.—(1) At any time after the 1st day of April, 1931 the City Corporation may make application to the Minister for a further extension of the boundary of the city so as to include in the city any portion of the county which is not included in the city by this Act and which does not form part of the Borough.

(2) At any time after the 1st day of April, 1931 the Borough Corporation may make application to the Minister for an extension of the boundary of the borough so as to include in the borough any portion of the county which is not included in the borough by this Act.

(3) On receiving an application under either of the foregoing sub-sections the Minister may, after holding a local inquiry into the subject-matter of such application and after considering any representations made to him by the County Council and (where the application is made by the Borough Corporation) by the City Corporation, make a provisional order giving effect to the proposal contained in such application with such (if any) modifications as he may think proper to make therein, or may refuse such application.

(4) A provisional order under this section shall not have effect unless or until confirmed by the Oireachtas.

(5) On and after the day on which a provisional order under this section extending the boundary of the city comes into force, this Act shall apply in and in relation to the portion of the county included in the city by such order in the same manner as it applies on and after the 1st day of April, 1931 in and in relation to the added rural area.

(6) A provisional order under this section extending the boundary of the borough may apply, in respect of such extension, all or any of the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to the added rural area with the substitution in such provisions of the Borough Corporation for the City Corporation and such other modifications as may be necessary in the circumstances.

(7) A provisional order under this section may contain such provisions as the Minister shall think proper in relation to the adjustment of property, rights, and liabilities and the determination of financial and other matters between the County Council and the City Corporation or the Borough Corporation (as the case may be), the alteration of electoral areas, and any other matter arising in consequence of such order.