LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 50



50.(1) The Governor shall in the year [1982] and in each tenth year thereafter
appoint a Local Government Boundaries Commissioner whose function shall be to
review the number, boundaries and names of the districts and the number,
boundaries and names of the wards into which each district is divided.

(2) Where, otherwise than in the course of a review under subsection (1),

(a)proposals are made to the Ministry by a council

(i)for altering the boundaries of the district of that council, or

(ii)for altering the number of wards into which any such district is divided
or the boundaries of any of those wards; or

(b)proposals are made to the Ministry by more than one council for the union
of the districts of those councils; or

(c)the Ministry has itself prepared any such proposal as is mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b);

(3) Part I of Schedule 4 shall have effect with respect to a Local Government
Boundaries Commissioner, and such a Commissioner shall regulate his procedure
in accordance with Part II of that Schedule and shall make his recommendations
in accordance with Part III of that Schedule.

(4) A Local Government Boundaries Commissioner conducting a review under
subsection (1) or considering proposals under subsection (2) shall submit a
report to the Minister within such period as the Minister directs; and if the
report recommends any alteration in the number, boundaries or names of any
districts or wards, the Minister shall, as soon as may be after receiving the
report, lay the recommendations before Parliament together with a draft of an
order to give effect, whether with or without modifications, to the
recommendations.

(5) Where a draft order proposes to give effect to any such recommendations
with modifications, the Minister shall lay before Parliament, together with
the draft order, a statement of the reasons for the modifications.

(6) On the approval of the draft order by a resolution of each House of
Parliament, the Minister shall make an order in terms of the draft as so
approved.

(7) Nothing in this section shall prejudice or affect any provision of the
Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1854, the Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1857,
the Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1859 or the
County Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1872.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 50