42. The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for section 50:

“50. (1) A local authority to which this section applies may establish by resolution a committee in respect of a local electoral area or of 2 or more adjoining such areas or any other area in its administrative area to be known by some appropriate name followed by the words ‘Area Committee’, or by such other title, as may be designated by the authority.

(2) This section applies to the following local authorities:

(a) Cork City Council;

(b) Dublin City Council;

(c) Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council;

(d) Fingal County Council;

(e) Galway City Council;

(f) South Dublin County Council.”.