S.I. No. 433/2008 - Borough of Drogheda Local Electoral Areas Order 2008

1. This order may be cited as the Borough of Drogheda Local Electoral Areas Order 2008.

2. In this Order “the Borough of Drogheda” means the Borough of Drogheda as altered for the purposes of local elections by the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994 (

S.I. No. 114 of 1994

) and references to the borough boundary shall be construed accordingly.

3. (1) The Borough of Drogheda shall be divided into the local electoral areas which are named in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) Each such local electoral area shall consist of the area described in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

(3) The number of members of Drogheda Borough Council to be elected for each such local electoral area shall be the number set out in the third column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.

4. The Borough of Drogheda Local Electoral Areas Order 1998 (

S.I. No. 370 of 1998

) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Name of Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Number of Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Drogheda North

That part of the Borough of Drogheda situated north of an imaginary line drawn along the centre of the River Boyne

6

Drogheda South

That part of the Borough of Drogheda situated south of an imaginary line drawn along the centre of the River Boyne

6

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 October 2008.

JOHN GORMLEY.

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to amend the division of Drogheda Borough into local electoral areas and to fix the number of members of Drogheda Borough Council to be elected for each such area.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th November

, 2008.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 3

and

24

of the

Local Government Act 1994

(No. 8 of 1994), hereby orders as follows