2. In this Act—

“Act of 1991” means the Local Government Act 1991;

“Act of 1992” means the Electoral Act 1992;

“Act of 2000” means the Planning and Development Act 2000;

“administrative area” has the meaning assigned to it by the Principal Act;

“chief executive” means—

(a) in relation to the city council, the chief executive of the city council, and

(b) in relation to the county council, the chief executive of the county council;

“city council” means the council of the city of Cork;

“Cork boundary alteration” means the alteration of the boundary of the city of Cork and the boundary of the county of Cork effected by section 8;

“Cork local authorities” means—

(a) the city council, and

(b) the county council;

“county council” means the council of the county of Cork;

“deposited map” means the map (a true copy of which was laid before each House of the Oireachtas on 25 July 2018)—

(a) deposited on behalf of the Minister at the offices of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government situated at the Custom House in the city of Dublin, on 25 July 2018 for the purpose of the Cork boundary alteration,

(b) described as having been deposited for that purpose, and

(c) sealed with the official seal of the Minister;

“financial settlement” has the meaning assigned to it by section 25;

“implementation plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 19;

“local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by the Principal Act;

“Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government;

“oversight committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 18;

“Principal Act” means the Local Government Act 2001;

“property vesting day” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (4) of section 12;

“relevant area” means the area inside the red line (but not including the red line) and hatched in green on the deposited map;

“staff transfer plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 15;

“transfer day” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7;

“true copy” means, in relation to the deposited map, a document that purports to be a reproduction of that map and that is certified by the Minister to be a true copy of that map.