Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985

Limited power to alter number of members of a county council.

21.—(1) The Minister may by order, made at any time before the local elections held next after the passing of this Act, alter the number of members of the council of any county specified in the order.

(2) Where the Minister makes an order under this section, on and after the ordinary day of retirement of members of any council to which the order relates next after the passing of this Act, the number of members of any such council shall consist of the number fixed in that regard by the order.

(3) Where an order is made under this section in relation to the council of a county, in so far as the order fixes the number of members of the council, it shall, for the purposes of subsection (7) of section 33 of the Local Government Act, 1941 , be regarded as having been made under the said section 33.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as operating to prevent or restrict the power under Article 25 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, to alter the number of members of the council of any county.