LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DUBLIN) ACT, 1993
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
FIRST SCHEDULE Enactments Repealed and Regulations Revoked
Enactments Repealed and Regulations Revoked
Section 4.
Part I Enactments Repealed
Part I
Enactments Repealed
Session and Chapter or Number and Year
Session and Chapter or Number and Year
Short Title
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
Extent of Repeal
62 & 63 Vict., c.34
62 & 63 Vict., c.34
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1899.
Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 4) Act, 1899.
The whole Act.
The whole Act.
No. 27 of 1930
No. 27 of 1930
Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930.
Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930.
In section 1 the definitions of “the Borough”, “the Borough Corporation”, “the Borough Council”, “the Borough Manager”, “the Chairman” and the “borough election”.
In section 1 the definitions of “the Borough”, “the Borough Corporation”, “the Borough Council”, “the Borough Manager”, “the Chairman” and the “borough election”.
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32 (4) and (5), 33, 40 (3) and (4), 42 (1), 43, 44, 45 (4), 46 (3), 49, 53 (1) and (2), 69 (3), 70, 72 (2) and (3), 74, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 100, 103 (2) and 104.
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32 (4) and (5), 33, 40 (3) and (4), 42 (1), 43, 44, 45 (4), 46 (3), 49, 53 (1) and (2), 69 (3), 70, 72 (2) and (3), 74, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 100, 103 (2) and 104.
No. 15 of 1931
No. 15 of 1931
Tourist Traffic (Development) Act, 1931.
Tourist Traffic (Development) Act, 1931.
Section 5 (c).
Section 5 (c).
In section 5 (d) the words “and the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 5 (d) the words “and the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 25 of 1931
No. 25 of 1931
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1931.
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1931.
The whole Act.
The whole Act.
No. 27 of 1931
No. 27 of 1931
Betting Act, 1931.
Betting Act, 1931.
In section 11 (1) (m) the words “or in the Borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 11 (1) (m) the words “or in the Borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 10 of 1935
No. 10 of 1935
Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1935.
Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1935.
The whole Act.
The whole Act.
No. 17 of 1935
No. 17 of 1935
Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935.
Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935.
In section 11 (1) (a) the words “and of the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 11 (1) (a) the words “and of the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 18 of 1935
No. 18 of 1935
Courthouses (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935.
Courthouses (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935.
Section 7 (3) and (4).
Section 7 (3) and (4).
In section 13 (1) (a) the words “and of the borough of Dun Laoghaire” and in section 13 (1) (c) the words “but, in the case of the County of Dublin, exclusive of the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 13 (1) (a) the words “and of the borough of Dun Laoghaire” and in section 13 (1) (c) the words “but, in the case of the County of Dublin, exclusive of the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
Section 13 (3).
Section 13 (3).
No. 40 of 1936
No. 40 of 1936
Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936.
Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936.
In section 50 (b) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 50 (b) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 12 of 1940
No. 12 of 1940
County Management Act, 1940.
County Management Act, 1940.
Section 1 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Section 1 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d).
In section 1 (3) the words “the Rathdown Board of Assistance, the Balrothery Board of Assistance”.
In section 1 (3) the words “the Rathdown Board of Assistance, the Balrothery Board of Assistance”.
Section 3 (3).
Section 3 (3).
In section 5 (2) the words “(other than the county of Dublin)” and in section
In section 5 (2) the words “(other than the county of Dublin)” and in section
5(3) the words “(other than the county borough of Dublin)” and the words “(other than the county of Dublin)”.
5(3) the words “(other than the county borough of Dublin)” and the words “(other than the county of Dublin)”.
Section 9 (1).
Section 9 (1).
In section 9 (5) and (8) the word “Dublin”.
In section 9 (5) and (8) the word “Dublin”.
Section 10 (2), (3) (e), (4) and (5).
Section 10 (2), (3) (e), (4) and (5).
In section 11 (3) the words “(other than the county of Dublin)”.
In section 11 (3) the words “(other than the county of Dublin)”.
Section 11 (4).
Section 11 (4).
Section 12.
Section 12.
Section 14.
Section 14.
In section 33 (1) and (2) the words “(other than the borough of Dun Laoghaire)” and in section 33 (5) (c) the words “(except in the case of the borough of Dun Laoghaire)”.
In section 33 (1) and (2) the words “(other than the borough of Dun Laoghaire)” and in section 33 (5) (c) the words “(except in the case of the borough of Dun Laoghaire)”.
Section 40.
Section 40.
In paragraph 14 of the Second Schedule the words “or in the case of the borough of Dun Laoghaire, the chairman of the borough”.
In paragraph 14 of the Second Schedule the words “or in the case of the borough of Dun Laoghaire, the chairman of the borough”.
No. 21 of 1940
No. 21 of 1940
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1940.
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1940.
The whole Act.
The whole Act.
No. 23 of 1941
No. 23 of 1941
Local Government Act, 1941.
Local Government Act, 1941.
In section 34 (1) the words “the borough of Dun Laoghaire or”.
In section 34 (1) the words “the borough of Dun Laoghaire or”.
Section 35 (1).
Section 35 (1).
In section 36 the words “not being the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 36 the words “not being the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 13 of 1942
No. 13 of 1942
County Management (Amendment) Act, 1942.
County Management (Amendment) Act, 1942.
Section 7.
Section 7.
No. 8 of 1945
No. 8 of 1945
Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1945.
Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1945.
Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
No. 30 of 1945
No. 30 of 1945
Local Authorities (Acceptance of Gifts) Act, 1945.
Local Authorities (Acceptance of Gifts) Act, 1945.
In section 4 (2) (b) (ii) (I) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”. In clause III of the said subparagraph (ii) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 4 (2) (b) (ii) (I) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”. In clause III of the said subparagraph (ii) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 24 of 1946
No. 24 of 1946
Local Government Act, 1946.
Local Government Act, 1946.
Section 24.
Section 24.
No. 10 of 1953
No. 10 of 1953
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1953.
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1953.
The whole Act.
The whole Act.
No. 12 of 1955
No. 12 of 1955
City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955.
City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955.
Section 5 (7), (8) and (10) (b).
Section 5 (7), (8) and (10) (b).
Section 12 (2) (b).
Section 12 (2) (b).
Section 14.
Section 14.
Section 18 (6) (a), (7) (a) and (7) (b).
Section 18 (6) (a), (7) (a) and (7) (b).
In section 18 (7) (c) the words “other than the Dublin Corporation”.
In section 18 (7) (c) the words “other than the Dublin Corporation”.
Section 22.
Section 22.
No. 19 of 1965
No. 19 of 1965
Local Elections Act, 1965.
Local Elections Act, 1965.
Section 6 (2).
Section 6 (2).
No. 1 of 1970
No. 1 of 1970
Health Act, 1970.
Health Act, 1970.
In section 4 (3) the words “and, in the appropriate case, the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire shall be a relevant local authority”.
In section 4 (3) the words “and, in the appropriate case, the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire shall be a relevant local authority”.
In section 4 (4) the reference to the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire.
In section 4 (4) the reference to the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire.
In section 7 (3) the words “and, where appropriate, the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council”.
In section 7 (3) the words “and, where appropriate, the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council”.
In section 7 (4) the reference to the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire.
In section 7 (4) the reference to the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire.
Section 32 (9).
Section 32 (9).
In section 84 (2) the words “the council of the county of Dublin”.
In section 84 (2) the words “the council of the county of Dublin”.
Rule 1 (3) of the Second Schedule.
Rule 1 (3) of the Second Schedule.
In Rule 2 (1) of the Second Schedule the words “or the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council,”.
In Rule 2 (1) of the Second Schedule the words “or the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council,”.
Rule 4 of the Second Schedule.
Rule 4 of the Second Schedule.
In Rule 9 (2) of the Second Schedule the words “or by the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire” and the words “or the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council”.
In Rule 9 (2) of the Second Schedule the words “or by the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire” and the words “or the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council”.
In Rule 11 (2) of the Second Schedule the words “or by the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire” and the words “or the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council”.
In Rule 11 (2) of the Second Schedule the words “or by the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire” and the words “or the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council”.
No. 1 of 1977
No. 1 of 1977
Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977.
Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977.
In section 1 (1) paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority” and in paragraph (d) the word “others”. In the definition of “reserved function” in the same section, the words “or the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire”.
In section 1 (1) paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority” and in paragraph (d) the word “others”. In the definition of “reserved function” in the same section, the words “or the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 30 of 1981
No. 30 of 1981
Fire Services Act, 1981.
Fire Services Act, 1981.
Section 9 (1) (c).
Section 9 (1) (c).
Section 35(1).
Section 35(1).
In section 35 (2) the word “other”.
In section 35 (2) the word “other”.
No. 7 of 1985
No. 7 of 1985
Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985.
Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985.
Sections 12 (1), 12 (1A), 13, 15,16 and 25 (3) and (4). Sections 26 and 29.
Sections 12 (1), 12 (1A), 13, 15,16 and 25 (3) and (4). Sections 26 and 29.
Sections 26 and 29.
Sections 26 and 29.
No. 32 of 1986
No. 32 of 1986
Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
In section 1, paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority” and in paragraph (d) the word “other”.
In section 1, paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority” and in paragraph (d) the word “other”.
No. 6 of 1987
No. 6 of 1987
Air Pollution Act, 1987.
Air Pollution Act, 1987.
In section 7 (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority” and in
In section 7 (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority” and in
paragraph (d) the word “other”. In the definition of “reserved function” in the same section, the words “or the corporation of Dun Laoghaire”.
paragraph (d) the word “other”. In the definition of “reserved function” in the same section, the words “or the corporation of Dun Laoghaire”.
No. 7 of 1989
No. 7 of 1989
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989.
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989.
In section 2 (1), paragraph (c) of the definition of “local authority”.
In section 2 (1), paragraph (c) of the definition of “local authority”.
No. 3 of 1990
No. 3 of 1990
Building Control Act, 1990.
Building Control Act, 1990.
In section 2 (1), paragraph (c) of the definition of a “building control authority”.
In section 2 (1), paragraph (c) of the definition of a “building control authority”.
Section 20(1).
Section 20(1).
In section 20 (2) the word “other”.
In section 20 (2) the word “other”.
No. 11 of 1991
No. 11 of 1991
Local Government Act, 1991.
Local Government Act, 1991.
Section 26.
Section 26.
No. 7 of 1992
No. 7 of 1992
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992.
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992.
In section 3 (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority”.
In section 3 (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “local authority”.
No. 18 of 1992
No. 18 of 1992
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992.
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992.
Section 23 (2) (a).
Section 23 (2) (a).
Part II Regulations Revoked
Part II
Regulations Revoked
Number and Year
Number and Year
Short Title
Short Title
Extent of Revocation
Extent of Revocation
S.I. No. 128 of 1965
S.I. No. 128 of 1965
Local Elections Regulations, 1965.
Local Elections Regulations, 1965.
In article 77 (1) and (2) the words “(other than the borough of Dun Laoghaire)” and in article 77 (4) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
In article 77 (1) and (2) the words “(other than the borough of Dun Laoghaire)” and in article 77 (4) the words “or the borough of Dun Laoghaire”.
SECOND SCHEDULE Provisions Consequential on Dissolutions Effected by Part III
Provisions Consequential on Dissolutions Effected by Part III
Sections 15 and 16.
Transfer of Assets.
1. (1) All assets, whether real or personal (including choses-in-action) which, immediately before the establishment day, were vested in or belonged to or were held in trust for any of the dissolved bodies and all rights, powers, licences and privileges relating to or connected with any such assets shall, on the establishment day, without any conveyance or assignment, but subject where necessary to transfer in the books of any bank, corporation or company, be transferred to, (as shall be determined pursuant to a scheme under article 5 of the Regulations of 1993) and become and be vested in or the property of or held in trust for (as the case may require) the successor or successors of such dissolved body, or Dublin Corporation, as the case may require, for all the estate, term or interest for which the same, immediately before their dissolution, was vested in or belonged to or was held in trust for such dissolved body but subject to all trusts and equities affecting the same and then subsisting and capable of being performed.
(2) Any asset transferred by this article which, immediately before the establishment day, was standing in the books of any bank or was registered in the books of any bank, corporation, or company in the name of a dissolved body shall, upon the request of the body to which such asset was transferred, at any time on or after the establishment day, be transferred in such books by such bank, corporation or company into the name of the body to which the asset was transferred.
(3) On and from the establishment day, every chose-in-action transferred in accordance with the provisions of this article may be sued upon, recovered or enforced by the body to which it was transferred in its own name, and it shall not be necessary for such body to give notice to the person bound by such chose-in-action of the transfer effected by this article.
(4) Any asset, right, power, licence or privilege which becomes vested in or the property of or held in trust for a principal authority by virtue of sub-article (1) may, on or after the establishment day, be conveyed or transferred by any such authority to any of the other such authorities by order of the manager of that authority and every such order shall operate as an effective conveyance or transfer of such asset, right, power, licence or privilege, according to the terms of such order.
(5) Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895 shall not apply to any transfer effected by or under this article.
Transfer of liabilities.
2. (1) Every debt and other liability (including stock and mortgage debts, and unliquidated liabilities arising from torts or breaches of contract) which immediately before the establishment day was owing and unpaid or had been incurred and was undischarged by any of the dissolved bodies, shall, on that day, as shall be determined pursuant to a scheme under article 6 of the Regulations of 1993, become and be, the debt or liability of the successor or successors of such dissolved body, or Dublin Corporation, as the case may require, and shall be paid or discharged by and may be recovered from or enforced against each such successor or Corporation accordingly.
(2) Every debt the liability for which is transferred by this article shall, on and after the establishment day, be charged on the county fund and the county rate of the successor to which such debt is transferred and in the case of Dublin Corporation on the municipal fund and the municipal rate.
(3) A dissolution under this Act shall not invalidate or otherwise affect any payable order or cheque issued by a dissolved body and which is not presented for payment before the establishment day or any authority given by a dissolved body for the payment of the amount of a paying order, and the body to which the debts and liabilities of a dissolved body are transferred in accordance with the provisions of this article shall make arrangements for the payment of the amount of every such paying order upon due presentation within a reasonable time after the establishment day.
Preservation of continuing contracts.
3. Every bond, guarantee or other security of a continuing character made or given by any of the dissolved bodies to another person or by any person to any of the dissolved bodies and in force immediately before the establishment day and every contract or agreement in writing made between any of the bodies and another person and not fully executed and completed before the establishment day shall, notwithstanding the dissolution of such dissolved body, continue in force on and after the establishment day but shall be construed and have effect as if the name of the successor or successors of such dissolved body were substituted therein for the name of such dissolved body, and such security, contract or agreement shall be enforceable by or against each such successor accordingly.
Saving for certain acts and resolutions.
4. (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of any act that was done before the establishment day by or on behalf of a dissolved body.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-article (1)—
(a) any resolution passed, order made or notice given or served, by a dissolved body before the establishment day, the operation, effect or terms of which had not on that day ceased or expired shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with this Act or any order or regulations made thereunder, continue in force and have effect after that day as if it were a resolution passed, order made or notice given or served by the successor or successors of that dissolved body on the date on which the resolution, order or notice, as the case may be, was actually passed, made, given or served by the dissolved body and as if the functions of the dissolved body were, on that date, performable by that successor or successors,
(b) any thing done, or treated by virtue of any enactment as having been done, by, to or in relation to a dissolved body before the establishment day in the exercise or performance of or by such bodies of any of their functions shall, on and after the establishment day and in so far as it is not inconsistent with this Act or any order or regulations made thereunder, be treated as having been done, by, to or in relation to the successor or successors of such body,
(c) any reference to a dissolved body in a document referred to in sub-article (3) shall, on and after the establishment day, be construed as a reference to the successor or successors of such dissolved body.
(3) In this article “thing” includes the following—
(a) any written agreement or other instrument in writing or any scheme, plan, statement, policy, determination, declaration, undertaking, made or adopted by or on behalf of, or to be treated as having been made or adopted by or on behalf of, a dissolved body,
(b) any direction given, revocation made, or to be treated as having been given or made, by or to a dissolved body,
(c) any licence, permit, certificate, permission, consent, approval, authorisation, exemption, relaxation, acknowledgment or dispensation granted or given, or to be treated as having been granted or given, by or to a dissolved body,
(d) any application, proposal or objection made, or to be treated as having been made, by or to a dissolved body,
(e) any condition or requirement imposed, or to be treated as having been imposed, or any notice served or to be treated as having been served, by or on a dissolved body.
(4) The provisions of sub-articles (2) and (3) shall be interpreted as illustrative and not as restrictive.
Continuance of bye-laws, rules and regulations.
5. (1) Subject to sub-article (2), every bye-law, rule and regulation lawfully made by a dissolved body and in force immediately before the establishment day shall, on or after that day, so far as it is not inconsistent with this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder and so far as it relates to the administrative area of the successor of the dissolved body or part thereof, continue in force and have effect as a bye-law, rule or regulation made by the successor of the dissolved body in respect of the area for and in respect of which the bye-law, rule or regulation was actually made by the dissolved body and, accordingly, every such bye-law, rule or regulation may be continued, amended or revoked, and any penalties or forfeitures arising thereunder, before or after the establishment day, may be recovered and enforced by that successor in the like manner and as fully as the same could have been continued, amended, revoked, recovered or enforced by the dissolved body as if section 15 had not come into force.
(2) No bye-law, rule or regulation mentioned in sub-article (1) being a bye-law, rule or regulation made by Dun Laoghaire Corporation and continued in force in the borough area or part thereof by the said sub-article shall so continue in force after the expiration of the period of two years beginning on the establishment day.
(3) Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council may at any time within the period referred to in sub-article (2) by resolution—
(a) terminate the operation of any bye-law, rule or regulation made by Dun Laoghaire Corporation and referred to in that sub-article, or
(b) extend or apply any bye-law, rule or regulation (other than one made by Dun Laoghaire Corporation), which by virtue of sub-article (1) applies to any part of its administrative area, to the borough area or part thereof.
(4) Sub-articles (2) and (3) shall not apply to bye-laws made under section 41 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 (other than under paragraph (1) of that section), and section 23 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, (other than under the last paragraph of subsection (1) of that section), relating to any matter which is the subject matter of the Building Control Act, 1990.
Arrangements for provision of certain services.
6. (1) Every scheme made under article 4 of the Regulations of 1993 shall on and from the establishment day apply and have effect in relation to the principal authorities so far as is provided for by such scheme.
(2) Where a scheme made pursuant to sub-article (3) of the said article 4 specifies proposals for the adaptation or modification of an agreement (being an agreement with a local authority other than Dublin Corporation) made under section 59 of the Local Government Act, 1955, such agreement shall continue to apply and to have effect subject to such adaptations or modifications as are so specified.
(3) Where a scheme under the said article 4 includes proposals for the performance of any particular function of a principal authority by any one, or more than one, of the principal authorities on behalf of any other one or more than one of such authorities such scheme shall have all such force and effect as if such proposals were agreements which had been made under the said section 59 and shall so apply and have effect accordingly.
Continuation of development plans.
7. (1) The development plan for the county so far as it applied and had effect as regards each of the areas which on and from the establishment day comprise the counties of South Dublin, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown shall, as regards each such county, be deemed to have been made by the council of that county and be a development plan for that county.
(2) The development plans for the borough so far as they applied and had effect as regards the borough prior to the establishment day shall, on and from that day, be deemed to have been made by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the borough area and be development plans for that area.
(3) If, immediately prior to the establishment day, the development plan for the city which applied and had effect pursuant to article 8 (1) of the Second Schedule to the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985, as regards the excluded areas (within the meaning of that Act) continues to have effect, then, on and from that day such plan shall apply and have effect in relation to each such excluded area and the county in which it is situate and the provisions of that article shall apply accordingly.
Admissibility in evidence of documents of dissolved bodies.
8. (1) All books and other documents directed or authorised by or under any enactment to be kept by a dissolved body and which, immediately before the establishment day, would be receivable in evidence shall, notwithstanding the dissolution of such body, be admitted in evidence on or after the establishment day as fully as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2) Whenever an extract from or certificate of the contents of any book or other document directed or authorised by or under any enactment to be kept by any of the dissolved bodies would, if verified in a particular manner by a particular officer of such dissolved body, have been admissible immediately before the establishment day as evidence of such contents, an extract from or certificate of the contents of such book or document shall, if verified in such particular manner by the manager of the successor of that body or by an officer of that body (whose official position it shall not be necessary to prove) authorised by the manager in that behalf, be admitted, on or after the establishment day, as evidence of such contents to the same extent as such first-mentioned extract or certificate would have been so admitted if this Act had not been enacted.
(3) A copy of or extract from any document referred to in sub-article (1) produced by a principal authority and certified to be a true copy under the hand of a manager of a principal authority or other officer authorised by such a manager for that purpose (whose official position it shall not be necessary to prove) shall in all legal proceedings be admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document and no process for compelling the production of any such document by any principal authority shall issue from any court except with the leave of that court.
Audit of accounts.
9. (1) The accounts of all income and expenditure of a dissolved body and of the respective officers of the dissolved body up to the dissolution of the body (including any abstract) shall be prepared, completed and maintained and, as soon as conveniently may be after the establishment day, be audited, and any disallowance, surcharge, charge or penalty in relation to the accounts, income or expenditure shall be made, and, subject to any necessary modification, may be recovered and enforced as if this Act had not been passed.
(2) Until the audit required by sub-article (1) is completed, any officer of a dissolved body whose duty it is to make up any accounts of or to account for any portion of the income and expenditure of the dissolved body and every member of a dissolved body shall, for the purposes of the audit, be deemed to continue in office and be bound to perform the same duties and render the same accounts and be subject to the same liabilities as if this Act had not been passed.
Continuance of pending legal proceedings.
10. In any action, suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding which was pending immediately before the establishment day in any court or tribunal and to which a dissolved body was a party, the successor or successors of that dissolved body shall on the establishment day become and be a party or parties in the place of the dissolved body and such successor or successors shall accordingly be substituted for such dissolved body and every such proceeding shall be continued between that successor or successors and the other parties thereto, and no such proceeding shall abate or be discontinued or prejudicially affected by reason of the dissolution of such body.
Adoptive Acts.
11. (1) Where any enactment has been adopted by a dissolved body in respect of the whole or a specified part of its administrative area and the body has not rescinded such adoption the enactment shall, on and after the establishment day, be deemed to have been adopted by the successor or successors of the dissolved body in respect of the area for and in respect of which the same was actually adopted by the dissolved body and for the purposes of this article that successor or successors shall be deemed to have had power to adopt the enactment.
(2) Where any enactment is deemed to have been adopted pursuant to sub-article (1) such adoption may at any time be rescinded by resolution of the relevant successor in respect of all or part of its administrative area.
Local Acts.
12. Every local Act in force immediately before the establishment day in, or in relation to, all or any part of the administrative area of a dissolved body shall, on and after such day and so far as it is consistent with the provisions of this Act or any order or regulations made thereunder, be in force in, or in relation to, such part or parts of the administrative area of all or any of the successors of such dissolved body as correspond to the area in or in relation to which such Act was in force on such day.
Rates and money.
13. (1) All rates and other money which immediately before the establishment day are due and payable to a dissolved body shall on and after that day become due and be payable to the successor of the dissolved body and any such rates and money may be collected and recovered by or on behalf of that successor in like manner as they could be collected or recovered by or on behalf of the dissolved body if this Act had not been enacted.
(2) All rates and other money which immediately before the establishment day are accruing due to a dissolved body shall on and after that day accrue and be deemed always to have accrued due to the successor of the body, and where any such rate or money become due and payable the same shall be due and payable to and may be collected and recovered by or on behalf of such successor in like manner as it could have been collected or recovered by or on behalf of the dissolved body if this Act had not been enacted.
(3) Every rate collector of a dissolved body who is in office as such rate collector immediately before the establishment day shall, on and after that day unless or until the successor of the dissolved body otherwise directs, collect and recover on behalf of such successor all rates which immediately before that day were due and payable to or were accruing due to such dissolved body and had been given in charge to such rate collector for collection.
Valuation lists.
14. (1) The valuation list which shall apply to the county of Fingal and to the county of South Dublin shall in each case be that part, as determined by the commissioner, of the valuation list (including any revisions) transmitted by the commissioner to the county council last before the establishment day as relates to the area comprised in such county.
(2) The valuation list which shall apply to the county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown shall be the combination, as determined by the commissioner, of the remaining part of the valuation list referred to in sub-article (1) and the valuation list (including any revisions) transmitted by the Commissioner to Dun Laoghaire Corporation last before the establishment day.
(3) The valuation lists which shall apply to the counties referred to in sub-articles (1) and (2) and to the city shall in each case incorporate such alterations, if any, as determined by the commissioner, as may be necessary arising from the alteration of boundaries effected by section 8.
(4) Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councils shall each make the rate for the local financial year in which occurs the establishment day in accordance with the lists which apply pursuant to this article to the counties of such councils.
(5) Where the valuation of any hereditament in any of the said counties is at any time for any reason revised (including any case where such revision arises as a result of any appeal or other process commenced before the establishment day), the rate shall be assessed in accordance with such revised valuation and may be levied, collected and recovered accordingly by the relevant county council.
Limitation on rates in borough area.
15. (1) This article applies to hereditaments which were, or were liable to be, assessed with the borough rate for the local financial year 1993.
(2) For the purpose of the assessment and levying of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council rate on a hereditament to which this article applies, the following provisions shall apply in each of the five local financial years next following 1993
(a) where the valuation of the hereditament is the same as or less than the standard valuation, the valuation shall be reduced to the proportion, specified in the Table to this article for the particular year, of the valuation on which the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council rate would otherwise fall to be assessed, and
(b) where the valuation of the hereditament is greater than the standard valuation, the amount of the valuation which is equal to the standard valuation shall be reduced to the proportion, specified in the Table to this article for the particular year, of the valuation on which the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council rate would otherwise fall to be assessed.
(3) In this article—
“valuation” means the valuation under the Valuation Acts;
“the standard valuation” means, in relation to a hereditament to which this article applies, the valuation of such hereditament included in the valuation list, including any revisions received from the commissioner, for or related to the local financial year 1993.
TABLE
Limitations on Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Rate
Limitations on Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Rate
Five years during which this Act is in force next following 1993
Five years during which this Act is in force next following 1993
Proportion of Valuation (expressed in hundredths)
Proportion of Valuation (expressed in hundredths)
1994
1994
90
90
1995
1995
92
92
1996
1996
94
94
1997
1997
96
96
1998
1998
98
98
Register of electors.
16. The register of electors for an administrative county established by section 9 shall be that portion of the register of electors for the county (as existing on the commencement of section 8) as relates to the area of the administrative county so established.
Electoral areas.
17. The division into county electoral areas of electoral counties (as existing on the commencement of section 8) effected by the Minister under section 14 of the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985 shall, on and from the establishment day, be deemed to have been a division into county electoral areas of each of the administrative counties established by section 9 so far as the said division into county electoral areas relates to such administrative county.
Polling districts.
18. The arrangement with respect to polling districts in the county (as existing on the commencement of section 8) made pursuant to section 22 of the Electoral Act, 1963 shall, on and from the establishment day, be deemed to have been an arrangement with respect to polling districts in each of the administrative counties established by section 9 so far as such arrangement relates to each such county.
District electoral divisions.
19. The division of the county (as existing on the commencement of section 8) into district electoral divisions effected by the Dublin County (District Electoral Divisions) Regulations, 1986 (S.I. No. 13 of 1986) shall, on and from the establishment day, be deemed to have been a division into district electoral divisions of the administrative counties established by section 9 so far as such district electoral divisions relate to each such county.
Continuation of membership of certain bodies.
20. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder, all persons appointed (whether by nomination, election or otherwise) as members of any body by the county council or Dun Laoghaire Corporation shall continue to be members of the body to which they were so appointed for such period as they would have held such office if this Act had not been enacted save in any case where provision to the contrary is made by any such body.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that this article applies to appointments—
(a) of persons who are members of the local authorities referred to in sub-article (1) and of persons who are not such members,
(b) to bodies whether corporate or unincorporate.
Joint commitees appointed by Dublin County Council and Meath County Council.
21. (1) On and from the establishment day Fingal County Council shall, in relation to the joint committees of the Councils of the Counties of Meath and Dublin established for the Garristown and Delvin and the Curragha River Drainage Districts pursuant to orders made under section 20 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 become and be the successor of the county council.
(2) The said orders shall have effect in relation to Fingal County Council on and from the establishment day in like manner as they had effect in relation to the county council prior to that day.
Performance of functions vested in county secretary.
22. Where under any enactment a function is vested in a county secretary such function shall in the case of the counties established by this Act vest in the manager of such county and such manager may delegate such function to an officer nominated by the manager for that purpose.
THIRD SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
Section 35.
Part I Transfer of certain dwellings, etc., between principal authorities
Part I
Transfer of certain dwellings, etc., between principal authorities
1. (a) This Part applies to—
(i) dwellings, buildings and land provided under the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1992, owned by a principal authority and situate within the functional area of another principal authority,
(ii) any works or services (including management and maintenance) provided under the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1992 related to dwellings, buildings or land referred to in subparagraph (i) or to dwellings provided by a principal authority within the functional area of another principal authority and sold under section 90, and
(iii) interests held under the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1992 by a principal authority (including money due in respect of a dwelling sold by them) within the functional area of another principal authority or which relate to that functional area.
(b) In this Part “section 90” means section 90 of the Housing Act, 1966 as substituted by section 26 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992.
2. (a) The manager of each principal authority shall in respect of any dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests to which this Part applies prepare and make a scheme or schemes for the transfer of such dwellings, buildings, land, works, services and interests to the principal authority within whose functional area they are situate or held or to whose functional area they relate.
(b) A scheme under this Part shall—
(i) outline the arrangements for the transfer,
(ii) specify the basis for the giving of any consideration between the principal authorities concerned where in the particular circumstances such would be appropriate in respect of a transfer, and
(iii) indicate the date or dates by which the transfer is to be effected.
(c) A scheme under this Part may include provision in regard to all or any one or more of the following
(i) the continued provision of specified functions by the transferor authority to the transferee authority for a specified period;
(ii) any consideration to be given by the transferee to the transferor authority where continued provision under subparagraph (i) is considered appropriate in respect of the transfer;
(iii) debts (including mortgage debts) and other liabilities of a principal authority relating to the dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests transferred;
(iv) accruing or prospective liabilities of a principal authority as respects the performance, prior to the date of the coming into effect of an order under article 4, of their functions under the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1992, in relation to dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests transferred;
(v) the performance of the services and functions transferred;
(vi) notwithstanding anything contained in section 9 or 11 of the Housing Act, 1988, the letting by a transferee authority, within a specified period of years, of dwellings that are transferred to such authority under this Part and become available for letting, to persons who are designated by the transferor authority in accordance with the scheme for the time being made by that authority under section 11 of the Housing Act, 1988;
(vii) the provision, within a specified number of years, by another principal authority of dwellings under section 56 of the Housing Act, 1966 and, notwithstanding anything contained in section 9 or 11 of the Housing Act, 1988, the letting of such dwellings to persons who are designated by the transferor authority in accordance with the scheme for the time being made by that authority under the said section 11;
(viii) arrangements in relation to the designation for transfer to the service of the transferee authority of officers and employees of the transferor authority;
(ix) such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of or in consequence of, or to give full effect to a transfer under this Part.
(d) The preparation of schemes required by this Part shall be commenced as soon as may be after the enactment of this Act so as to ensure that the schemes can be made as soon as possible thereafter and, in any event, not later than twelve months after the establishment day or such longer period as the Minister may allow.
(e) In preparing a scheme the manager shall consult the members of the principal authority and the manager of each other principal authority to which the scheme relates and that manager shall consult the members of that authority.
(f) A scheme shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be submitted to—
(i) the Minister, and
(ii) the manager of each other principal authority concerned, which authority shall within two months or such longer period as the Minister may allow, make such submission (if any) to the Minister as it deems appropriate in relation to the scheme.
3. Having considered a scheme submitted under article 2 (f) and any submission made under that article, the Minister may—
(a) approve the scheme as submitted, or
(b) make such revisions to the scheme as are, in the opinion of the Minister, appropriate including—
(i) the omission or inclusion of any dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests to which this Part applies,
(ii) alterations to the date or dates specified in the scheme,
(iii) alterations to the proposed arrangements for the transfer of matters referred to in subparagraph (i), or to the basis or circumstances for the giving of any consideration in respect of the transfer,
(iv) alterations to the proposed arrangements for the designation for transfer of officers and employees, or
(c) direct that another scheme be made by the manager in respect of or taking account of specified matters.
4. (a) The manager of a principal authority shall, on the approval of a scheme or as soon as may be thereafter, by order transfer such dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests to which the scheme relates from such principal authority to the other principal authority to which the scheme relates in accordance with the scheme as approved by the Minister.
(b) Different orders may be made under this article at different times in relation to different dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests to which the scheme relates and each such order shall come into operation on such day or days as may be specified in the order and different days may be so specified in relation to matters which are the subject of an order.
(c) Where there is agreement as to the giving of a consideration in respect of a transfer provided for in a scheme approved by the Minister, an order under this article may provide for such consideration to be given by a single or by periodic payments or in any other form and expressed in any other terms which may be considered appropriate in the particular circumstances.
(d) In default of agreement between the principal authorities concerned as to the consideration to be given, the order shall record such failure and the consideration and period or periods for payment of such consideration or the nature and amount of any other form of consideration shall be determined by a person appointed for that purpose by the Minister.
(e) The person appointed for such purpose shall determine the consideration, its nature, form, amount and period or periods for payment in accordance with the scheme as approved by the Minister under this Part and such directions as the Minister may give from time to time.
5. Where an order has been made under article 4 and—
(i) a difficulty arises in giving effect to the order, or
(ii) there is an error or other deficiency in the order,
the manager who made the order may, before the day on which the order is to come into operation and so far as may be necessary to remove such difficulty or remedy such error or other deficiency, by further order, amend the first-mentioned order and the order as amended shall then have effect accordingly as if it were an order made under article 4.
6. An order under article 4 shall, without any further conveyance, assignment or transfer, operate to vest in the transferee authority on the date specified therein such dwellings, buildings, land, works, services or interests as are specified in the order.
7. An order under article 4 may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of or in consequence of, or to give full effect to, a transfer effected by the order.
8. Where land, which is the subject of an order under article 4 and to which section 23 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964 applies, has not, prior to the date of the coming into effect of the order, been registered by the transferor authority in accordance with the said section 23, the acquisition of the land by the transferor authority shall be deemed never to have been an acquisition for the purposes of that section but the transfer effected by the order shall be deemed to be an acquisition by the transferee authority.
9. Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895, section 83 of the Local Government Act, 1946 and section 90 shall not apply to any transfer under this Part.
Part II
Part II
Transfer of certain land to new councils
1. This Part applies to any land in the ownership of or under the control of Dublin Corporation which on and after the establishment day will be situate in any of the administrative counties established by section 9 other than such land which is—
(a) on that day in use by the Corporation for the purposes of a statutory function in respect of the provision and operation of services within the city area or on behalf of another principal authority;
(b) likely to be required for such purposes within a period of twelve months of the establishment day;
(c) the subject of a contract for disposal entered into before the establishment day;
(d) intended for disposal and was so intended before the establishment day and has within six months of that day become the subject of a definite arrangement for disposal;
(e) land to which Part I applies.
2. (a) The city manager shall prepare and make a scheme in respect of each other principal authority in whose administrative county land to which this Part applies is situate for the transfer of such land to that principal authority.
(b) A scheme under this Part shall—
(i) outline the arrangements for the transfer,
(ii) specify the basis for the giving of any consideration to the Corporation by the other principal authority concerned where in the particular circumstances such would be appropriate in respect of a transfer,
(iii) indicate the date or dates by which the transfer is to be effected, and
(iv) specify any arrangements necessary for the development, management and control of the land in question pending transfer.
(c) A scheme under this Part may include such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of, or to give full effect to a transfer under this Part or which arise by reason of or in relation to such transfer.
(d) The preparation of schemes required by this Part shall be commenced as soon as may be after the enactment of this Act so as to ensure that the schemes can be made as soon as possible thereafter and in any event not later than twelve months after the establishment day or such longer period as the Minister may allow.
(e) In preparing a scheme the city manager shall consult the city council and the manager of the other principal authority to which the scheme relates and that manager shall consult the members of that authority.
(f) A scheme shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be submitted to—
(i) the Minister, and
(ii) the other principal authority concerned, which authority shall within two months or such longer period as the Minister may allow, make such submission (if any) to the Minister as it deems appropriate in relation to the scheme.
3. Having considered a scheme submitted under article 2 (f) and any submission made under that article, the Minister may—
(a) approve the scheme as submitted, or
(b) make such revisions to the scheme as are, in the opinion of the Minister, appropriate including—
(i) the omission or inclusion of any land to which this Part applies,
(ii) alterations to the date or dates specified in the scheme,
(iii) alterations to the proposed arrangements for the transfer, or to the basis or circumstances for the giving of any consideration in respect of the transfer,
(iv) alterations to the arrangements proposed pending a transfer,
or
(c) direct that another scheme be made by the city manager in respect of or taking account of specified matters.
4. (a) The city manager shall on the approval of a scheme, or as soon as may be thereafter, by order transfer the land from the Corporation to the principal authority to which the scheme relates in accordance with the scheme as approved by the Minister.
(b) Different orders may be made under this article at different times in relation to different parts of land to which the scheme relates and each such order shall come into operation on such day or days as may be specified in the order and different days may be so specified in relation to different parts of the land which is the subject of an order.
(c) Where there is agreement as to the giving of a consideration in respect of a transfer provided for in a scheme approved by the Minister, an order under this article may provide for such consideration to be given by a single or by periodic payments or in any other form and expressed in any other terms which may be considered appropriate in the particular circumstances.
(d) In default of agreement between the Corporation and the other principal authority concerned as to the consideration to be given, the order shall record such failure and the consideration and period or periods for payment of such consideration or the nature and amount of any other form of consideration shall be determined by a person appointed for that purpose by the Minister.
(e) The person appointed for such purpose shall determine the consideration, its nature, form, amount and period or periods for payment in accordance with the scheme as approved by the Minister under this Part and such directions as the Minister may give from time to time.
5. Where an order has been made under article 4 and—
(i) a difficulty arises in giving effect to the order, or
(ii) there is an error or other deficiency in the order,
the manager who made the order may, before the day on which the order is to come into operation, and so far as may be necessary to remove such difficulty or remedy such error or other deficiency, by further order, amend the first-mentioned order and the order as amended shall then have effect accordingly as if it were an order made under article 4.
6. An order under article 4 shall without any further conveyance, assignment or transfer operate to vest in the principal authority to which the order relates on the date specified therein such land as is specified and all rights, powers and privileges related to or connected with such land for all the estate and interest of the Corporation.
7. An order under article 4 may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of or in consequence of, or to give full effect to a transfer effected by the order.
8. Where land, which is the subject of an order under article 4 and to which section 23 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964 applies, has not, prior to the date of the coming into effect of the order, been registered by Dublin Corporation in accordance with the said section 23, the acquisition of the land by the Corporation shall be deemed never to have been an acquisition for the purposes of that section but the transfer effected by the order shall be deemed to be an acquisition by the other principal authority to which the order relates.
9.—Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895 and section 83 of the Local Government Act, 1946 shall not apply to any transfer under this Part.