32. (1) Every instrument that, immediately before the transfer day, applied to the relevant area or any part thereof shall, from the said day and in so far only as it is not inconsistent with this Act, continue to apply to the relevant area or part thereof, as the case may be, as if such instrument had been made by the city council and, accordingly, any power under an enactment to amend, vary or revoke such instrument may be exercised by the city council in so far only as the instrument applies to the relevant area or any part thereof.

(2) An instrument to which subsection (1) applies shall cease to apply to the relevant area upon the expiration of—

(a) one year from the transfer day, or

(b) such further period as is specified in a resolution passed by the city council before the expiration of that year.

(3) No instrument in force in the city of Cork immediately before the transfer day shall apply to the relevant area or any part thereof unless the city council, by resolution, extends the application of such instrument to the relevant area or any part thereof.

(4) An instrument to which subsection (1) applies shall, in so far as it is inconsistent with an instrument that applies to the relevant area or part thereof by virtue of a resolution under subsection (3), cease to apply to the relevant area or, as may be appropriate, any part of the relevant area to which the second-mentioned instrument applies.

(5) In this section “instrument” means rules, regulations or by-laws.