S.I. No. 399/1981 - Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 (Shannon) Order, 1981.

1. The adoption of the whole of the Act of 1854 in and for the town of Shannon is hereby approved.

2. On and from the 1st day of January, 1982, the whole of the Act of 1854 shall apply to and be in force within the town of Shannon.

3. This Order may be cited as the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 (Shannon) Order, 1981.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this nineteenth day of November One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty One.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order approves of the adoption of the

Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

by the local government electors of Shannon and brings the Act into operation in Shannon, thereby establishing it as a town with town commissioners, from 1st January, 1982.

WHEREAS in pursuance of an Order of the Minister for the Environment (hereinafter called “the Minister”) dated the 13th day of March, 1981, a meeting was held on the 10th day of April, 1981 of the local government electors registered in respect of qualifications in the area comprised within the boundaries specified and approved in the said Order, which area is hereinafter referred to as the “town of Shannon”

AND WHEREAS a resolution was passed at the said meeting by the said local government electors in favour of adopting and carrying into execution within the town of Shannon the whole of the

Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

, hereinafter called “the Act of 1854”

AND WHEREAS ten persons qualified to vote at the said meeting demanded, in writing, that a poll be taken, and the said poll was duly taken on the 21st day of October, 1981

AND WHEREAS a majority of the said local government electors voting at the said poll voted in favour of the adopting and carrying into execution within the town of Shannon of the provisions of the Act of 1854

AND WHEREAS the resolution and determination of the said meeting have been duly certified to the Minister

NOW THEREFORE the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 15 of the Act of 1854, by this Order declares and gives notice as follows:—