Local Government Act 2001
Temporary arrangements with respect to certain polling districts and register of electors.
28.—F54[(1) In this section the "chief executive" means—
(a) in relation to any part of a polling district situated in a city, the chief executive for the city,
(b) in relation to any part of a polling district situated in a county, the chief executive for the county,
(c) in relation to any part of a polling district situated in a city and county, the chief executive for the city and county.]
(2) This section applies where after—
F54[(a) the alteration of the boundary of a local authority, or]
(b) the making of an order under section 23—
F54[(i) dividing a county, city or city and county into local electoral areas, or]
(ii) amending or modifying any division made by such an order,
a polling district existing immediately before the alteration or revision or amendment or modification of such division, as the case may be, is not wholly situated within the area of a local authority or of a local electoral area, as the case may be.
(3) Where subsection (2) applies, the F54[chief executive] of the relevant local authority shall, for each part of the polling district situated within the area of the local authority—
(a) join it or parts of it with any adjoining polling district or districts within that area, or
(b) constitute it as a polling district and appoint a polling place for it.
(4) An arrangement made under subsection (3) has effect until, and only until, the first scheme under section 28 of the Electoral Act, 1992, in relation to the F54[county, city or city and county] in which the part concerned of the polling district is situated comes into operation after the making of the arrangement.
(5) An arrangement made under subsection (3) shall, as soon as practicable, be notified to the Minister by the F54[chief executive].
(6) In respect of a part of a polling district referred to in subsection (3), the F54[chief executive] shall make such alterations in relation to the part of the register of electors in force as may be necessary to secure that the part of the register concerned shall be in conformity with the arrangement made under that subsection and may conveniently be used for the purposes of taking a poll.
Annotations
Amendments:
F54
Substituted (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 5(1) and sch. 1 part 1 refs. 34-40, S.I. No. 214 of 2014.
Modifications (not altering text):
C29
Functions transferred and references construed (16.05.2024) by Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), ss. 26 and sch. 1 part 2, S.I. No. 207 of 2024, subject to transitional provisions in s. 4.
Director general
26. (1) The chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after the vesting day, be known as the director general of Limerick City and County Council and is in this Act referred to as the “director general”.
(2) The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in accordance with subsection (1).
(3) On and after the vesting day, a reference in an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the director general, or as including a reference to the director general, as the context may require.
(4) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.
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SCHEDULE 1
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PART 2
Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 26
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No. 37 of 2001 |
Local Government Act 2001 |
Sections 11(8), 28, 46, 52(5)(d) and (9), 81, 86, 97, 98, 99, 104, 107, 108, 109(5) and (6), 110(6), (9) and (10), 112, 120, 121, 122, 126D(7), 126E(1), 128A, 128D, 128E(2), 129I(5), 129M, 129N, 129O, 129P, 129Q, 129R, 129T, 132, 138, 140, 144(3)(a) and (8), 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 149A, 151, 152, 153, 158, 160(3) and (4), 166, 167(1)(c), 173(1), 174(8), 178(1), (2), (4) and (5), 179, 180(4)(b) and (c), 211B, 211C, 211D, 211E and 211F, 214(3), (4) and (5), 229; paragraphs 13(6) and 15(4) of Schedule 10. |
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