27. (1) The relevant area shall remain part of the rating area of the county council until 31 December 2019.

(2) The local authority budget adopted by the county council in respect of the local financial year 2019 in accordance with section 103 of the Principal Act shall apply in respect of the relevant area as it would have applied to that area had this Act not been passed.

(3) The schedule of proposed works of maintenance and repair adopted under section 103A of the Principal Act in respect of the local financial year 2019 for municipal districts that—

(a) immediately before the transfer day were situated in the county of Cork, and

(b) on the transfer day are situated (in whole or in part) in the relevant area,

shall continue to apply in respect of those municipal districts as if this Act had not been passed.

(4) This section shall not operate to prevent the city council—

(a) performing functions in relation to the relevant area during the local financial year 2019 for the purposes of setting the municipal rate in respect of the administrative area of the city council for the local financial year 2020, and

(b) performing functions under section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 during the local financial year 2019 for the purposes of varying the basic rate (within the meaning of that Act) in relation to the local financial year 2020.