Local Government Reform Act 2014

An Act to make further and better provision in relation to local government and, in particular, to amalgamate Limerick County Council with Limerick City Council, Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council and North Tipperary County Council with South Tipperary County Council, to provide for the position of chief executive in relation to each local authority, to dissolve town councils, to make provision for municipal districts, to assign additional reserved functions to local authority members, to dissolve County Development Boards and City Development Boards and make provision for the establishment of Local Community Development Committees, for planning and oversight of Local and Community Development Programmes, to provide for an increased role for local authorities in economic development and enterprise support, to amend the Local Government Act 1991 and provide for regional assemblies, to enable (subject to certain preconditions) a plebiscite to be held in the administrative areas of the local authorities in the Dublin area in respect of a directly elected mayor for that area and for those and other purposes to amend the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013, the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2012and other enactments relating to elections, the Housing Acts 1966 to 2013 and the Planning and Development Act 2000, to amend other Acts in connection with the foregoing matters, to amend section 20 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 and to provide for related matters.

[27 th January, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

PART 1 Preliminary and General

1. Short title, collective citations, constructions and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Reform Act 2014.

• (2) This Act (other than subsections (3) to (8) of this section, subsections (3) to (5) of section 5 and Schedule 2) shall be read together as one with the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013 and may be cited together as the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014.

• (3) This subsection, section 5, the Valuation Acts 2001 and 2006 and so much of Part 6 of Schedule 2 as relates to the Valuation Act 2001 may be cited together as the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2014.

• (4) This subsection, section 5(3), Part 1 of Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 14 (in so far as they relate to the Housing Act 1966) of Schedule 4 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 shall be read together as one with the Housing Acts 1966 to 2013 and may be cited together as the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014.

• (5) This subsection, section 5(4) and Part 2 of Schedule 2, in so far as it relates to the Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 and the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999, shall be read together as one with the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2012 and may be cited together as the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014.

• (6) This subsection, section 5(4), Part 2of Schedule 2and paragraphs 17and 18of Schedule 4, in so far as it relates to the Electoral Act 1992, shall be read together as one with the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2013 and may be cited together as the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2014.

• (7) This subsection, section 5(5) and Part 3 of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to the Building Control Act 1990) shall be read together as one with the Building Control Acts 1990 and 2007 and may be cited together as the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014.

• (8) This subsection, section 5(7) and Part 4 of Schedule 2 shall be read together as one with the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2013 and may be cited together as the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2014.

• (9) This subsection, the amendments to the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1939 and the Civil Defence Act 2012 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and the Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2012 may be cited together as the Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2014.

• (10) This subsection, the amendments to the Control of Dogs Act 1986 and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2, the amendment to Control of Dogs Act 1986 provided for by section 77 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2010 may be cited together as the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2014.

• (11) This subsection, the amendment to the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2011 may be cited together as the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2014.

• (12) This subsection, the amendments to the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and that Act may be cited together as the Education and Training Boards Acts 2013 and 2014.

• (13) This subsection, the amendment to the Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1992provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and the Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2011 may be cited together as the Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2014.

• (14) This subsection, the amendment to the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and the Health Acts 1947 to 2013 may be cited together as the Health Acts 1947 to 201 4.

• (15) This subsection, the amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2010 may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2014.

• (16) This subsection, the amendment to the National Monuments Act 1930 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2 and the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2004may be cited together as the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014.

• (17) This subsection, the amendments to the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 and the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2, and the Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2007 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014.

• (18) This subsection, the amendments to the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 and the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2, and the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014.

• (19) This subsection, the amendment to the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2, and the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2012 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014.

• (20) This subsection, the amendments to the Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999and the Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2, and the Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2006 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2014.

• (21) This subsection, the amendment to the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 6 of Schedule 2, and the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014.

• (22) This Act, other than section 28, section 54 (in so far as it relates to the insertion of section 149A into the Principal Act) and Parts 11, 13 and 14 comes into operation on such day or days as the Minister may, by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed different purposes and different provisions and for the deletion, repeal, revocation and amendment effected by Schedules 1 and 2 of different enactments or of different provisions of those enactments.

• (23) The amendment to section 48 (which provides for the substitution of Part 18 of the Principal Act) of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 referred to in Part 6 of Schedule 2 comes into operation—

• (a) upon the commencement of section 189 (as inserted by section 48 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011) of the Principal Act, or

• (b) the transfer date,

whichever last occurs.

2. Regulations to remove difficulties

2. (1) Every enactment (including any provision contained in an Act published in a series of local and personal Acts or of private Acts) and every order, regulation, rule, bye law or other instrument or agreement in force immediately before the commencement of a provision of this Act shall, on and after the day of such commencement be read and have effect with such modifications as may be necessary to give effect to this Act or an order or regulations made under it and to have effect in conformity with it.

• (2) If, in any respect, any difficulty arises in bringing any provision of this Act into operation or in relation to the operation of any such provision, the Minister may, by regulations, do anything which appears to him or her to be necessary or expedient for removing that difficulty, for bringing that provision into operation or for securing or facilitating its operation, and any such regulations may modify any provision of this Act so far as may be necessary or expedient for carrying such provision into effect for the purposes aforesaid, but no regulations shall be made under this section in relation to any provision of this Act after the expiration of 3 years commencing on the day on which the provision comes into operation.

• (3) Where regulations are proposed to be made under this section, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House.

3. Interpretation

3. In this Act—

“2014 establishment day” means the day appointed by order under section 8 to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act;

“chief executive” means a chief executive for the purposes of section 144 (asamended by section 54) of the Principal Act;

“dissolved authority” means—

• (a) in relation to a city council or county council, a council dissolved by virtue of section 17, and

• (b) in relation to a town council, a dissolved body;

“dissolved body” has the meaning given to it by section 23;

“local authority” has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) (as amended by section 5(1) and Part 1 of Schedule 1) of the Principal Act;

“local government area” shall be read in accordance with section 10 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Principal Act as amended by section 12;

“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government;

“municipal district” has the meaning given to it by section 22A (inserted by section 19) of the Principal Act;

“municipal district members” shall be read in accordance with section 22B (inserted by section 19) of the Principal Act;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act or the Principal Act;

“Principal Act” means the Local Government Act 2001;

“successor authority” in relation to—

• (a) a city council or county council, shall be read in accordance with sections 13(1) and 17, and

• (b) a town council, shall be read in accordance with section 24(2)(a);

“town council” means a dissolved body which was, before the transfer date, a town council for the purposes of the Principal Act;

“transfer date” has the meaning given in section 23.

4. Regulations, orders and directions

4. (1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or to be the subject of regulations or for the purpose of enabling any provisions to have full effect.

• (2) Without prejudice to any specific provision of this Act, a regulation or order under this Act may provide for such incidental, consequential, supplementary or transitional provisions (including provisions for the purpose of securing the continuity of any provision of this Act with any provision of any other Act or instrument repealed, revoked, amended or otherwise affected by this Act or by any regulations or order made under it) as may appear to the Minister to be appropriate for the purposes of this Act or of any regulations or order made under it.

• (3) A regulation or order under this Act may—

• (a) apply to local authorities generally, to any category of local authorities specified in the regulations or the order or to a particular local authority so specified,

• (b) contain different provisions in relation to different local authorities or to different parts of the administrative area of a local authority, and

• (c) provide for the giving of directions by the Minister (including directions amending or revoking any such directions).

• (4) Subject to subsection (5), every order or regulation made under this Act, shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it has been made and, if a resolution annulling such order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order or regulation is laid before it, the regulation or order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it.

• (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to—

• (a) an order made under section 1(22), or

• (b) regulations which are required by this Act to be approved in draft by resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas.

• (6) A person to whom a direction is given under this Act shall comply with that direction.

5. Repeals, revocations and amendments

5. (1) The provisions of the Principal Act referred to in column (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 are amended in the manner referred to in column (3) of that Part opposite the reference in column (2) to the provision concerned.

• (2) The provisions, referred to in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 1, of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2013 referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended or repealed in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3) to the provision concerned.

• (3) The provisions, referred to in column (3) of Part 1 of Schedule 2, of the Housing Acts 1966 to 2013 referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3) to the provision concerned.

• (4) The provisions, referred to in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 2, of the various enactments relating to elections referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3)to the provision concerned.

• (5) The provisions, referred to in column (3) of Part 3 of Schedule 2, of the Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988 and the Building Control Act 1990 referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3) to the provision concerned.

• (6) The provisions referred to in column (3) of Part 5 of Schedule 2, of the various Acts relating to taxation referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3) to the provision concerned.

• (7) The provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 referred to in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 2 are amended in the manner referred to in column (3) of that Part opposite the reference in column (2) to the provision concerned.

• (8) The provisions, referred to in column (3) of Part 6 of Schedule 2, of the various Acts referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3) to the provision concerned.

6. Savers

6. The repeal or revocation by or under this Act of a provision of any enactment which is applied by a provision of any other enactment not so repealed or revoked, shall not affect such application and accordingly the first-mentioned provision continues to apply and have effect for the purposes of such application.

7. Expenses

7. The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

PART 2 Local Government Areas and Local Authorities

8. 2014 establishment day

8. The Minister shall by order appoint a day to be the establishment day (in this Act referred to as the “2014 establishment day”) for the purposes of this Act.

9. Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas

9. (1) On and from the 2014 establishment day and for the purposes of local government—

• (a) the local government area of the county of Limerick and the local government area of the city of Limerick as existing immediately before the 2014 establishment day—

• (i) shall cease to exist on that day, and

• (ii) the areas so ceasing shall, on that day, be amalgamated to form a single local government area to be known in the Irish language as Cathair agus Contae Luimnigh and in the English language as Limerick City and County,

• (b) the local government area of the county of North Tipperary and the local government area of the county of South Tipperary as existing immediately before the 2014 establishment day—

• (i) shall cease to exist on that day, and

• (ii) the areas so ceasing shall, on that day, be amalgamated to form a single local government area to be known in the Irish language as Contae Thiobraid Árann and in the English language as Tipperary County,

and

• (c) the local government area of the county of Waterford and the local government area of the city of Waterford as existing immediately before the 2014 establishment day—

• (i) shall cease to exist on that day, and

• (ii) the areas so ceasing shall, on that day, be amalgamated to form a single local government area to be known in the Irish language as Cathair agus Contae Phort Láirge and in the English language as Waterford City and County.

• (2) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed, in any enactment—

• (a) to a county council or a city council (including a reference construed by section 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a county council or to a city council, as the case may be) shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council or a city and county council, and

• (b) to a county council and a city council (including a reference so construed) shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to a county council, a city council and a city and county council.

• (3) Except where otherwise provided for by this Act, a reference, however expressed, in any enactment—

• (a) to the administrative area of a county council or the administrative area of a city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council or the administrative area of a city and county council, and

• (b) to the administrative area of a county council and the administrative area of a city council shall, if the context permits, be read as a reference to the administrative area of a county council, the administrative area of a city council and the administrative area of a city and county council.

10. Boundaries of amalgamated local government areas

10. (1) The boundary of the local government area of Limerick City and County established under section 9(1)(a) shall be the combined boundaries of the county of Limerick and the city of Limerick as existing immediately before the 2014 establishment day, other than the boundary between the county of Limerick and the city of Limerick.

• (2) The boundary of the local government area of Tipperary County established under section 9(1)(b) shall be the combined boundaries of the county of North Tipperary and the county of South Tipperary as existing immediately before the 2014 establishment day, other than the boundary between the counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary.

• (3) The boundary of the local government area of Waterford City and County established under section 9(1)(c) shall be the combined boundaries of the county of Waterford and the city of Waterford as existing immediately before the 2014 establishment day, other than the boundary between the county of Waterford and the city of Waterford.

11. Preparation of maps showing county boundaries

11. (1) In this section—

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001;

“successor local authority” means a successor authority to which paragraph (a) of the definition of “successor authority” in section 3 relates.

• (2) As soon as may be after the enactment of this Act the Commissioner shall prepare for each of the proposed local government areas formed by the amalgamations referred to in section 9 a map, in triplicate, drawn to such convenient scale and in such convenient number of separate sheets as the Commissioner thinks fit, showing the boundaries of each such area. When such maps have been prepared, the Commissioner shall seal each such map and shall, as soon as may be thereafter, deposit them as follows:

• (a) one of them in the principal office of the Commissioner,

• (b) one of them in the offices of the Minister, and

• (c) in respect of the local government area of each successor local authority, the map of that area in the principal office of the relevant successor local authority when established.

• (3) Every map deposited pursuant to subsection (2) shall be retained in the office in which it is so deposited, and each such map, or true copies thereof, shall be open for inspection free of charge at the office (other than the office of the Minister) in which it is so deposited by any person at any time at which such office is open for the transaction of public business. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner or the successor local authority concerned to prepare and supply to any person requesting the same a true copy of any map so deposited or any particular part thereof and to charge for such copy such sum as the Commissioner, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, or that authority may fix.

• (4) Whenever required so to do by any Court of Justice, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner and of each successor local authority—

• (a) to prepare and produce to that Court a true copy of a map deposited with the Commissioner or the successor local authority pursuant to subsection (1) or any specified part thereof, and

• (b) to verify the copy to that Court by the oath of an officer of the Commissioner or the successor local authority,

and the Court shall receive the copy in evidence and thereupon the copy shall, unless the contrary is shown, be sufficient evidence of the boundary (in so far as the same is shown on the copy) of the county or the city and county to which the copy purports to relate, notwithstanding any discrepancy between the copy and any other description of the boundary or any ambiguity or uncertainty in such description or in the application thereof.

• (5) A copy of every map deposited with a successor local authority pursuant to subsection (2) shall be displayed by it on its internet website as soon as practicable after being so deposited.

12. Local government areas

12. (1) The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for section 10:

“10 (1) The State has local government areas in accordance with this section.

• (2) The State stands divided into local government areas to be known as—

  • (a) counties,

  • (b) cities, and

  • (c) cities and counties,

  (each of which shall be known as a county, a city or a city and county as provided for and set out in columns 1 of Parts 1, 2 and 3, respectively, of Schedule 5.

• (3)

  • (a) Subject to section 10 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, the boundaries of a county referred to in subsection (2) are the boundaries of the corresponding county as existing immediately before 1 January 2002.

  • (b) Subject to section 10 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, the boundaries of a city referred to in subsection (2) are the boundaries of the corresponding county borough as existing immediately before 1 January 2002.

• (4) For the purposes of this section and subject to section 11(2) of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, all maps showing such boundaries prepared by the Chief Boundary Surveyor under the Survey (Ireland) Acts 1825 to 1870, or by the Commissioner of Valuation or otherwise in accordance with law continue to have all such force and effect as they had immediately before 1 January 2002.

• (5) This section is without prejudice to—

  • (a) section 227,

  • (b) Part V of the Local Government Act 1991, and

  • (c) Part 2 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014.

• (6) This section is without prejudice to—

  • (a) the continued use of the description city in relation to Kilkenny, to the extent that that description was used before 1 January 2002 and is not otherwise inconsistent with this Act,

  • (b) the continued use of the description city in relation to Limerick and to Waterford, to the extent that each of those descriptions was used before the 2014 establishment day and is not otherwise inconsistent with this Act.”.

• (2) The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for Schedule 5—

“SCHEDULE 5

Sections 10(2) and 11(3)

Local Government Areas

PART 1

Counties

Chapter 1

Names of Counties and of Local Authorities in the Irish Language

Name of County	Name of Local Authority of County
1	2
Ceatharlach	Comhairle Contae Cheatharlach
An Cabhán	Comhairle Contae an Chabháin
An Clár	Comhairle Contae an Chláir
Corcaigh	Comhairle Contae Chorcaí
Dún na nGall	Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall
Dún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin	Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin
Fine Gall	Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall
Gaillimh	Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe
Ciarraí	Comhairle Contae Chiarraí
Cill Dara	Comhairle Contae Chill Dara
Cill Chainnigh	Comhairle Contae Chill Chainnigh
Laois	Comhairle Contae Laoise
Liatroim	Comhairle Contae Liatroma
An Longfort	Comhairle Contae an Longfoirt
Lú	Comhairle Contae Lú
Maigh Eo	Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo
An Mhí	Comhairle Contae na Mí
Muineachán	Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin
Tiobraid Árann	Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann
Uíbh Fhailí	Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí
Ros Comáin	Comhairle Contae Ros Comáin
Sligeach	Comhairle Contae Shligigh
Baile Átha Cliath Theas	Comhairle Contae Baile Átha Cliath Theas
An Iarmhí	Comhairle Contae na hIarmhí
Loch Garman	Comhairle Contae Loch Garman
Cill Mhantáin	Comhairle Contae Chill Mhantáin

Chapter 2

Names of Counties and of Local Authorities in the English Language

Name of County	Name of Local Authority of County
1	2
Carlow	Carlow County Council
Cavan	Cavan County Council
Clare	Clare County Council
Cork	Cork County Council
Donegal	Donegal County Council
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Fingal	Fingal County Council
Galway	Galway County Council
Kerry	Kerry County Council
Kildare	Kildare County Council
Kilkenny	Kilkenny County Council
Laois	Laois County Council
Leitrim	Leitrim County Council
Longford	Longford County Council
Louth	Louth County Council
Mayo	Mayo County Council
Meath	Meath County Council
Monaghan	Monaghan County Council
Offaly	Offaly County Council
Roscommon	Roscommon County Council
Sligo	Sligo County Council
South Dublin	South Dublin County Council
Tipperary	Tipperary County Council
Westmeath	Westmeath County Council
Wexford	Wexford County Council
Wicklow	Wicklow County Council

PART 2

Cities

Chapter 1

Names of Cities and of Local Authorities in the Irish Language

Name of City	Name of Local Authority of City
1	2
Corcaigh	Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí
Baile Átha Cliath	Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath
Gaillimh	Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe

Chapter 2

Names of Cities and of Local Authorities in the English Language

Name of City	Name of Local Authority of City
1	2
Cork	Cork City Council
Dublin	Dublin City Council
Galway	Galway City Council

PART 3

Cities and Counties

Chapter 1

Names of Cities and Counties in the Irish Language and Names of Local Authorities

Name of City and County	Name of Local Authority of City and County
1	2
Luimneach	Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Luimnigh
Port Láirge	Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge

Chapter 2

Names of Cities and Counties in the English Language and Names of Local Authorities

Name of City and County	Name of Local Authority of City and County
1	2
Limerick	Limerick City and County Council
Waterford	Waterford City and County Council

”.

13. Establishment of local authorities for certain local government areas

13. (1) On and from the 2014 establishment day and for the purposes of local government—

• (a) a local authority, to be known as Limerick City and County Council, shall stand established which shall—

• (i) be the successor authority to the dissolved local authorities of Limerick County Council and Limerick City Council, and

• (ii) be the local authority for the local government area of Limerick City and County,

• (b) a local authority, to be known as Waterford City and County Council, shall stand established which shall—

• (i) be the successor authority to the dissolved local authorities of Waterford County Council and Waterford City Council, and

• (ii) be the local authority for the local government area of Waterford City and County,

and

• (c) a local authority, to be known as Tipperary County Council, shall stand established which shall—

• (i) be the successor authority to the dissolved local authorities of North Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary County Council, and

• (ii) be the local authority for the local government area of Tipperary County.

• (2) Each local authority established by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) shall have, in so far as is consistent with this Act or any regulations made under it, the functions which are for the time being vested by law in the councils of counties and of cities generally and, in respect of each dissolved authority to which section 17 relates, such other functions as were immediately prior to the 2014 establishment day vested by law in the dissolved authority that the local authority concerned is the successor authority. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing—

• (a) the law which for the time being applies generally in respect of the councils of counties and of cities, and

• (b) the law which immediately prior to the 2014 establishment day applied in particular in respect of the dissolved authorities that relate to a local authority so established,

shall, in so far as is consistent with this Act or any regulations made under it, apply to the local authority.

• (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), where town councils within an area to which paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) relates are dissolved on a date that does not have effect until after the day appointed as the 2014 establishment day, then subsection (2) shall have effect as if the day so appointed occurred after the date on which the town councils were dissolved.

• (4) Without prejudice to section 27(2), each local authority established by subsection (1) shall, as soon as may be after such establishment, provide itself with a seal.

14. Amendment of section 11 (establishment, titles and administrative areas of local authorities and consequential provisions) of Principal Act

14. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—

• (a) by substituting the following for subsections (1) to (3):

• “(1) On and from the 2014 establishment day and for the purposes of local government, the areas referred to in subsection (2) of section 10 (as amended by section 12(1) of the Local Government Reform Act 2014) shall each have a local authority as provided for in this section.

• (2) With effect from the 2014 establishment day—

  • (a) for each county set out in Part 1 of Schedule 5 (as amended by section 12(2) of the Local Government Reform Act 2014)—

    • (i) in the case of Tipperary, there stands established, under this section, and

    • (ii) in every other case there continues to stand established under this section,

    a body for the purposes of local government,

  • (b) for each city set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (as so amended) there continues to stand established under this section a body for the purposes of local government, and

  • (c) for each city and county set out in Part 3 of Schedule 5 (as so amended) there stands established under section 13(1) of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 a body for the purposes of local government,

  and each such body is a local authority and each such county, city, or city and county, as the case may be, is its administrative area.

• (3) The local authorities referred to in subsection (2) are the primary units of local government and shall be known by—

  • (a) in the case of a county set out in Part 1 of Schedule 5—

    • (i) in the Irish language, the name of the local authority concerned as set out in column 2 of Chapter 1 of that Part opposite the mention in column 1 of that county,

    • (ii) in the English language, the name of the local authority concerned as set out in column 2 of Chapter 2 of that Part opposite the mention in column 1 of that county,

  • (b) in the case of a city set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5—

    • (i) in the Irish language, the name of the local authority concerned as set out in column 2 of Chapter 1 of that Part opposite the mention in column 1 of that city,

    • (ii) in the English language, the name of the local authority concerned as set out in column 2 of Chapter 2 of that Part opposite the mention in column 1 of that city,

    and

  • (c) in the case of a city and county set out in Part 3 of Schedule 5—

    • (i) in the Irish language, the name of the local authority concerned as set out in column 2 of Chapter 1 of that Part opposite the mention in column 1 of that city and county,

    • (ii) in the English language, the name of the local authority concerned as set out in column 2 of Chapter 2 of that Part opposite the mention in column 1 of that city and county.”,

• (b) by deleting subsection (4),

• (c) by substituting the following for paragraph (a) of subsection (5):

• “(a) In respect of a local authority to which subsection (3) relates, each member (being directly elected or co-opted in accordance with this Act) shall be known as a councillor and, without prejudice to sections 22B and 22C, collectively shall comprise the elected council of the local authority.”,

• (d) by substituting the following for subsection (6):

• “(6) For the purposes of functions conferred on it by or under this or any other enactment—

  • (a) a county council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area,

  • (b) a city council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area,

  • (c) a city and county council has jurisdiction throughout its administrative area.”,

• (e) in subsection (7) by substituting “subsection (3) ” for “subsection (3) or (4) ”,

• (f) in subsection (11) by substituting “a county council or county borough corporation in being immediately before the establishment day” for “a county council, county borough corporation, borough corporation (other than a county borough corporation), urban district council or the commissioners of a town in being immediately before the establishment day”,

• (g) by inserting the following after subsection (11):

• “(11A) In respect of a dissolved authority, within the meaning of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, and with effect from the commencement of the provision under that Act for such dissolution of the authority, subsection (11) ceases to have effect in respect of that authority.”,

• (h) by inserting the following after subsection (16):

• “(16A) Notwithstanding the dissolution of certain local authorities by Part 2 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 with effect from the 2014 establishment day or the dissolution of town councils by Chapter 2 of Part 3 of that Act with effect from the transfer date, subsection (16)continues to apply to any city or town concerned.”,

and

• (i) in subsection (17) by substituting “or Part 21” for “, Part 17 or 21”.

15. Number of members of local authorities

15. The Principal Act is amended—

• (a) by substituting the following for section 21:

“21 (1) Subject to section 22, each county council, city council and city and county council consists of the number of members specified in Parts 1, 2 and 3, respectively, of Schedule 7 opposite the reference to the county council, city council or city and county council concerned.

• (2) Without prejudice to paragraph 11 of Schedule 10, where a provision of this Act provides that at least a specified proportion of the total number of members of a local authority or of the municipal district members is necessary in relation to the doing of any particular act, then in a case where such proportion consists of a whole number and a remainder, the whole number shall of itself be sufficient.”,

and

• (b) by substituting the following for Schedule 7:

“SCHEDULE 7

Section 21

Number of Members of Local Authorities

PART 1

County Council Number of Members

County Council	Number of Members
Carlow	18
Cavan	18
Clare	28
Cork	55
Donegal	37
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	40
Fingal	40
Galway	39
Kerry	33
Kildare	40
Kilkenny	24
Laois	19
Leitrim	18
Longford	18
Louth	29
Mayo	30
Meath	40
Monaghan	18
Offaly	19
Roscommon	18
Sligo	18
South Dublin	40
Tipperary	40
Westmeath	20
Wexford	34
Wicklow	32

PART 2

City Council	Number of Members
Cork	31
Dublin	63
Galway	18

PART 3

City and County Council	Number of Members
Limerick	40
Waterford	32

”.

16. Provisions relating to management of amalgamated local government areas

16. (1) On the 2014 establishment day there shall stand established an office of chief executive in respect of each of the local government areas established by section 9.

• (2) Any person who, immediately before the 2014 establishment day, held in a permanent capacity the office of manager for Limerick County and Limerick City shall, if willing, stand appointed to the office of chief executive for Limerick City and County and shall accordingly—

• (a) be a chief executive for the purposes of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 to which Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the Principal Act relates, and

• (b) pursuant to section 144(1) (as amended by this Act) of the Principal Act be known as the Chief Executive of Limerick City and County Council.

• (3) Any person who, immediately before the 2014 establishment day, held in a permanent capacity the office of manager for North Tipperary County and South Tipperary County shall, if willing, stand appointed to the office of chief executive for Tipperary County and shall accordingly—

• (a) be a chief executive for the purposes of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 to which Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the Principal Act relates, and

• (b) pursuant to section 144(1) (as amended by this Act) of the Principal Act be known as the Chief Executive of Tipperary County Council.

• (4) Any person who, immediately before the 2014 establishment day, held in a permanent capacity the office of manager for Waterford County and Waterford City shall, if willing, stand appointed to the office of chief executive for Waterford City and County and shall accordingly—

• (a) be a chief executive for the purposes of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 to which Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the Principal Act relates, and

• (b) pursuant to section 144(1) (as amended by this Act) of the Principal Act be known as the Chief Executive of Waterford City and County Council.

• (5) On the 2014 establishment day each of the following shall be abolished and cease to exist:

• (a) the office of manager for Limerick County and Limerick City and the office of manager for North Tipperary County and South Tipperary County created by paragraphs (a) and (b), respectively, of section 144(1A) (inserted by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012) of the Principal Act, and

• (b) the office of manager for Waterford County and Waterford City created by section 144(1A)(c) (inserted by the Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013) of the Principal Act.

17. Dissolution of certain local authorities

17. On the 2014 establishment day—

• (a) Limerick County Council,

• (b) Limerick City Council,

• (c) North Tipperary County Council,

• (d) South Tipperary County Council,

• (e) Waterford County Council, and

• (f) Waterford City Council,

shall each be dissolved (in this Act referred to as a “dissolved authority”) and cease to exist and thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Part and Part 4, Limerick City and County Council, Tipperary County Council and Waterford City and County Council shall, for all purposes, become and be the successor (in this Act referred to as a “successor authority”) of such dissolved authority as set out in the Table to this section and the provisions of Part 4 shall apply to such dissolved authorities and to the successor to each such authority.

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Dissolved authority	Successor authority
Limerick City Council	Limerick City and County Council
Limerick County Council	Limerick City and County Council
North Tipperary County Council	Tipperary County Council
South Tipperary County Council	Tipperary County Council
Waterford City Council	Waterford City and County Council
Waterford County Council	Waterford City and County Council

18. Provisions consequential on dissolutions, etc.

18. All acts duly done and decisions duly made before the 2014 establishment day by or on behalf of—

• (a) a local authority that was dissolved under section 17, or

• (b) a manager for a local government area that ceased to exist by virtue of section 9(1),

shall, subject to this Act, continue to have all such force and effect as they had immediately before that day.

PART 3 Municipal Districts and Dissolution of Town Councils

Chapter 1 Municipal Districts

19. Municipal districts

19. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following Part after Part 3:

“PART 3A

Municipal Districts

Municipal districts

22A. (1) Subject to subsection (4), every county and city and county set out in Part 1 and Part 3, respectively, of Schedule 5 shall have 2 or more districts (each consisting of one or more than one local electoral area) to be known as a municipal district and collectively as municipal districts, as the Minister shall determine by order made under section 23(1)(c).

• (2) Where—

  • (a) a municipal district contains the administrative area of the former Limerick City Council or the former Waterford City Council that were dissolved with effect from the 2014 establishment day, then, notwithstanding subsection (1), each of those municipal districts so containing shall be known—

    • (i) in the Irish language, as ‘Ceantar Cathrach.................’ followed by the name of the municipal district in Irish, and

    • (ii) in the English language, as ‘the Metropolitan District of.................’ followed by the name of the municipal district in English,

    and those municipal districts may each be referred to as a ‘metropolitan district’,

  • (b) a municipal district contains the administrative area of the former borough of Clonmel, the former borough of Drogheda, the former borough of Sligo or the former borough of Wexford that were dissolved with effect from the transfer date, then, notwithstanding subsection (1), each of those municipal districts so containing shall be known—

    • (i) in the Irish language, as ‘Ceantar Buirge.................’ followed by the name of the municipal district in Irish, and

    • (ii) in the English language, as ‘the Borough District of.................’ followed by the name of the municipal district in English,

    and any such municipal district may be referred to as a ‘borough district’, and

  • (c) a municipal district contains the administrative area of the former borough of Kilkenny, that was dissolved with effect from the transfer date, then, notwithstanding subsection (1), the municipal district so containing shall be known—

    • (i) in the Irish language, as ‘Ceantar Bardasach Chathair Chill Chainnigh’, and

    • (ii) in the English language, as ‘the Municipal District of Kilkenny City’.

• (3) In the case of a municipal district in respect of which a designation referred to in subsection (2) does not apply, the municipal district shall be known—

  • (a) in the Irish language, as ‘Ceantar Bardasach.................’ followed by the name of the municipal district in Irish, and

  • (b) in the English language, as ‘the Municipal District of.................’ followed by the name of the municipal district in English.

• (4) Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.

• (5) This section has effect in respect of the local elections for the year 2014 and subsequent local elections and, accordingly—

  • (a) a municipal district shall continue in existence until it ceases by order under section 23(1) (c), and

  • (b) its area shall continue to be that as determined by the order under section 23(1) (c), subject to any subsequent provision relating to its area being made by such an order.

  Members for municipal districts

  22B. The members of a county council or city and county council, elected in accordance with this Act for the local electoral areas situated in a municipal district of the county or the city and county concerned (as the case may be), collectively comprise the council membership for that municipal district for the purpose of the performance in that collective capacity of functions of the county council or city and county council in accordance with section 131A and, in respect of each municipal district, collectively shall be known as the municipal district members.

  Cathaoirleach of municipal district

  22C. In the case of each municipal district, the municipal district members shall elect a Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach in accordance with Part 5.”.

20. Local electoral areas and municipal districts

20. (1) Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended—

• (a) by substituting the following for subsection (1):

• “(1) Subject to and without prejudice to Part V of the Local Government Act 1991 (as amended by the Local Government Act 1994), the Minister may by order—

  • (a) divide each county, city or city and county referred to in section 10(2) into local electoral areas,

  • (b) fix the number of members to be elected for each local electoral area, and

  • (c) determine the municipal districts within a county or a city and county for the purposes of section 22A, each of which shall consist of one or more than one local electoral area.

• (1A) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply in respect of the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.”,

• (b) by substituting the following for subsection (3):

• “(3) Where, on the commencement of this provision, an order is in force dividing a local government area referred to in section 10(2) into local electoral areas or fixing the number of members for each local electoral area, the order shall continue in force in relation to that area and be deemed to be an order under this section and may be amended or revoked accordingly.”,

• (c) in subsection (4) by substituting “any local electoral area in a local government area referred to in section 10(2)” for “any local electoral area in a county, city or town”, and

• (d) by deleting subsections (6) to (8).

• (2) Part 1 (which relates to Acts repealed) of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended in column 3, opposite the reference in column 2 to the “Local Government Act, 1991”, by inserting “(other than Part V)” after “Parts II to VI”.

• (3) Section 32(2) of the Local Government Act 1991 (as amended by the Local Government Act 1994), is amended by substituting “section 23 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014) of the Local Government Act 2001” for “section 24 of the Local Government Act, 1994”.

21. Functions of municipal district members — amendments to Principal Act

21. (1) Section 63 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for subsection (4):

• “(4) Subject to law, the functions of a local authority shall be performed for or on behalf of the local authority and in its name by the elected council (including the municipal district members in respect of each municipal district pursuant to section 131A) or the chief executive, as may be appropriate, in accordance with Part 14.”.

• (2) Section 131 of the Principal Act is amended—

• (a) in subsection (1)(a) by substituting “Subject to section 131A, the elected council of a local authority or the members of a joint body shall” for “The elected council of a local authority or the members of a joint body shall”,

• (b) in subsection (2) by substituting the following for paragraph (a):

• “(a) designated as a reserved function by any provision of the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 (including a designation by order under subsection (3)), a provision of any other Act that is to be construed together with those Acts, or as specified in Schedule 14 or, subject to section 131B(1), Schedule 14A,”,

and

• (c) in subsection (3) by inserting the following after paragraph (b):

• “(c) An order under paragraph (a) may provide that a specified function designated by such order to be a reserved function may be performed, or shall be performed, as provided in the order, in respect of each municipal district in the county or the city and county, as the case may be, by the municipal district members concerned, subject to the provisions of subsections (4) to (6) of section 131A.”.

• (3) The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 131:

“Performance of reserved functions in respect of municipal district members

131A. (1) Subject to subsection (4), in respect of the elected council of a local authority that is the council of a county (other than the council of a county to which section 22A(4) relates) or of a city and county, a reserved function which is specified in—

• (a) paragraphs 1 and 3 (other than in respect of a joint body) of Schedule 14 and Part 1 of Schedule 14A shall be performed in respect of each municipal district within the administrative area of the local authority by the municipal district members concerned, and

• (b) paragraphs 5, 6 or 7 of Schedule 14 and Part 2 of Schedule 14A, may be performed in respect of a municipal district within the administrative area of the local authority by—

  • (i) the municipal district members, or

  • (ii) the local authority.

  (2)(a) In addition to the functions referred to in subsection (1), a local authority that is the council of a county or a city and county may, subject to paragraph (e), by resolution delegate with or without restrictions to the municipal district members for any municipal district in the area of the local authority any of its functions that may be performed by resolution and a function so delegated shall, accordingly, be performed in respect of each such municipal district in the administrative area of the local authority (or any part of such district) by the municipal district members concerned.

• (b) A local authority may, following consultation with the municipal district members concerned, by resolution, revoke the delegation by it under this subsection of a function, but the revocation is without prejudice to anything previously done by virtue of the delegated function.

• (c) A function shall not be delegated by a local authority in such a manner that, at the same time, it is exercisable—

  • (i) by a committee established under section 51, and

  • (ii) by municipal district members under this subsection.

• (d) A resolution of a local authority delegating or revoking the delegation of a function to municipal district members shall not be treated as having been passed unless at least a half of the total number of members of the local authority concerned vote in favour of the resolution.

• (e) A local authority shall not delegate any of its functions to which subparagraphs (i) to (iv) of section 51(2) (a) relates to the municipal district members.

• (3) The functions, by virtue of subsection (2) (a), of municipal district members shall not be delegated by the municipal district members.

• (4) Municipal district members may by resolution decide, subject to the approval by resolution of the local authority and the approval of the Minister, that a particular function to which subsection (1) relates should be performed only by the local authority.

(5)(a) The Minister may make regulations specifying conditions, restrictions, procedures or other provisions to apply—

- (i) generally in relation to the performance of functions to which subsections (1) and (2) relate,

- (ii) specifically in relation to performance of one or more than one function to which any of those sections relate,

- (iii) in relation to the delegation of functions or the revocation of a delegation of functions under subsection (2), or

- (iv) in relation to a decision under subsection (4).

- (b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), regulations under this subsection may provide for any of the following:

    - (i) requirements for the purpose of ensuring that municipal district members performing functions do so in a manner consistent with the policies, strategies, programmes or plans of the local authority concerned;

    - (ii) requirements for the purpose of ensuring the avoidance of unnecessary duplication in the performance of functions between the municipal district members for each of the municipal districts in a local authority area or between the municipal district members and the local authority for that area;

    - (iii) that specified functions may not be delegated under subsection (2), or may only be delegated with the approval of the Minister;

    - (iv) that, in circumstances provided for in the regulations, a local authority may perform a specified delegated function in place of the municipal district members in a particular case or occasion;

    - (v) arrangements for the resolution of any difference or disagreement between a local authority and the municipal district members in relation to the performance of a function which is specified in paragraphs 5, 6 or 7 of Schedule 14 or Part 2 of Schedule 14A;

    - (vi) that a particular function set out in paragraphs 5, 6 or 7 of Schedule 14 or Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 14A shall only be performable in every instance by the local authority concerned;

    - (vii) provisions to determine whether a function specified in paragraph 5, 6 or 7 of Schedule 14 and Part 2 of Schedule 14A should, in particular circumstances be performed by municipal district members or by the local authority.

• (6) The Minister may issue general policy guidelines to local authorities for the purposes of any provision of this section (including any regulations made under it) and each local authority shall comply with any such guidelines.

Supplemental provisions to section 131 and 131A

131B. (1) For the purposes of sections 131 and 131A, and for convenience of reference only, there is set out in column (3) of Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 14A the provisions of enactments under which reserved functions are conferred.

• (2) The validity of any function conferred on a local authority by law is not affected by the fact that it is not specified in Schedule 14 or 14A.”.

• (4) The Principal Act is amended by inserting, after Schedule 14, the Schedule set out in Schedule 3.

22. Application of certain provisions of the 2001 Act to municipal district members

22. (1) Except where otherwise provided for by the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 in respect of a municipal district or the municipal district members, the Minister may by regulations apply, with or without modification, to municipal districts or to municipal district members (either generally or to a class or classes of such districts as may be prescribed) provisions of the Principal Act relating to a local authority or the council of a local authority in so far as those provisions deal with—

• (a) subject to section 21(3) of the Principal Act, the proportion of the total number of members of a local authority necessary in relation to the doing of any particular act,

• (b) alternative titles to those of Cathaoirleach or Leas-Chathaoirleach of a local authority,

• (c) the resignation of the Cathaoirleach or Leas-Chathaoirleach of a local authority,

• (d) removal of Cathaoirleach or Leas-Chathaoirleach of a local authority from office,

• (e) the annual election of Cathaoirleach or Leas-Chathaoirleach of a local authority,

• (f) any other matter relating to the Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach of a local authority, but not including matters to which subsections (2), (8) and (11) of section 31 of the Principal Act relate,

• (g) meetings and proceedings of local authorities (including suspension of members) or the attendance of the public and representatives of the media (within the meaning of section 45 of the Principal Act) at such meetings,

• (h) the appointment and dissolution of committees of local authorities,

• (i) the establishment of one or more than one committee under subsection (1) (a) of section 51 to consider matters connected with the functions of a local authority and the application, in so far as they relate to that subsection, of subsections (3)to (6) of that section,

• (j) the making of regulations relating to committees of a local authority, but not including matters to which paragraphs (a) and (d) of section 54(1) relate,

• (k) the making of a decision under section 64(3) in relation to the representation of the views of the local community,

• (l) the making of arrangements under section 127(2) (f) for attendance and raising of issues by interested persons at meetings,

• (m) determining under section 130 the policy of the elected council,

• (n) the furnishing of information to the elected council of a local authority under section 136 of the Principal Act,

• (o) the making of regulations under section 142 relating to members expenses and remuneration, other than paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (1), and subsections (2) (b), (4) (i), (5) and (7), of that section,

• (p) the payment of an allowance for reasonable expenses of a Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach of a local authority under section 143 of the Principal Act,

• (q) attendance of chief executive at local authority meetings under section 152 of the Principal Act,

• (r) provisions of Part 15 (ethical framework) of the Principal Act relating to beneficial interests, including disclosure by member of local authority of pecuniary or other beneficial interests under section 177 of that Act.

• (2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 4.

Chapter 2 Dissolution of Town Councils

23. Definitions (Chapter 2)

23. In this Chapter—

“dissolved body’’ means a town council which is dissolved under section 24(2);

“transfer date” has the meaning given in section 24(1).

24. Dissolution of town councils and transfer date

24. (1) The Minister shall by order specify a date (in this Part referred to as the “transfer date”) to be the transfer date for the purposes of this Part.

• (2) On the transfer date each town council stands dissolved and ceases to exist and—

• (a) the local authority for a county or a city and county in which a town whose town council is so dissolved is situated shall, for all purposes, become and be the successor to the town council on that date, and

• (b) the area of a town whose town council is so dissolved shall, for the purposes of all functions of the local authority (whether under the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2014 or otherwise) for the county or city and county in which the town is situated, be included in and form part of that county or city and county.

25. Dissolution of town councils — consequential provisions

25. (1) (a) All acts done and decisions duly made, whether by resolution, manager’s order or otherwise, before the transfer date in respect of a town council shall, subject to this Act, continue to have all such force and effect as they had immediately before that date.

• (b) In this subsection “acts done or decisions duly made” include resolutions of the town council concerned and manager’s orders of that authority.

• (2) A function of a town council (including a reference construed by section 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Principal Act as a reference to a town council and whether of general application to town councils or otherwise under an enactment) that—

• (a) has not been repealed or otherwise provided for by this Act, or

• (b) is neither spent nor obsolete,

shall, if the context permits in respect of one or more than one town council concerned, be read as a reference to a function of the local authority in whose administrative area the town council so dissolved is situated.

• (3) Without prejudice to section 4, the Minister may make regulations providing for any matter or thing which the Minister considers necessary to give effect to the dissolution of any one or more town councils.

• (4) For the purposes of this Part but without prejudice to section 5 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (where relevant)—

• (a) section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended—

• (i) in the definition of “administrative area” in the manner provided for in Part 1 of Schedule 1, and

• (ii) by deleting the interpretation given to “town council”, as provided for in Part 1 of Schedule 1,

• (b) section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the reference to “town council” in the manner provided for by section 12,

• (c) section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—