Local Government Act, 1991

Amendment of Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985.

26.—The Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 12, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The division of the County into three electoral counties effected by subsection (1) shall continue to have effect for the purposes of the local elections next occurring after the elections referred to in that subsection in the same manner as it had effect for the purposes of the last-mentioned elections save that:

(a) the electoral County of Dublin-Fingal shall be known as the electoral County of Fingal, and

(b) the electoral County of Dublin-Belgard shall be known as the electoral County of South Dublin,

and references in this Act to established electoral counties, electoral counties and councils of electoral counties shall be construed accordingly.”,

(b) in section 13, by the insertion of “and at the local elections next occurring after those elections” in subsection (3) after “of this Act”, and

(c) in section 16—

(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion after “Act” of “or at the local elections next occurring after those elections”, and

(ii) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (3) and (4):

“(3) (a) The persons elected to the councils of the established electoral counties at the first elections held pursuant to section 13 (3) of this Act shall be regarded for all purposes as having been elected to the County Council on the same day as their election to whichever of the councils established under section 13 (1) of this Act is appropriate and on and from the ordinary day of retirement referred to in subsection (2) of this section those persons shall be the members of and shall act as the County Council.

(b) The persons elected to the councils of the established electoral counties at the elections held pursuant to the said section 13 (3) next after those referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be regarded for all purposes as having been elected to the County Council on the same day as their election to whichever of the councils established under the said section 13 (1) is appropriate and on and from the ordinary day of retirement of the members of the County Council those persons shall be the members of and shall act as the County Council.

(4) (a) The persons elected at the first elections held pursuant to the said section 13 (3) for the relevant electoral areas shall be regarded for all purposes as having been elected to the Borough Council on the same day as their election to the Council of the electoral County of Dún Laoghaire — Rathdown and on and from the ordinary day of retirement referred to in subsection (2) of this section those persons shall be the members of and shall act as the Borough Council.

(b) The persons elected at the elections held pursuant to the said section 13 (3) next after those referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection for the relevant electoral areas shall be regarded for all purposes as having been elected to the Borough Council on the same day as their election to the Council of the electoral County of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and on and from the ordinary day of retirement of the members of the County Council those persons shall be the members of and act as the Borough Council.”.