S.I. No. 340/1998:

COUNTY OF WESTMEATH LOCAL ELECTORAL AREAS ORDER, 1998

COUNTY OF WESTMEATH LOCAL ELECTORAL AREAS ORDER, 1998

The Minister for the Environment 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:

1. This Order may be cited as the County of Westmeath Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998.

2. (1) The County of Westmeath 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 set forth in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

(3) The number of members of the council of the County of Westmeath to be elected for each such local electoral area shall be the number set forth in the third column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.

3. Every reference in the Schedule to this Order to an electoral division or urban district shall be construed as referring to such electoral division or urban district as existing at the date of this Order.

4. A reference in the Schedule to a line drawn along a railway line shall be construed as a reference to an imaginary line drawn along the centre of such railway line.

5. The Westmeath County Council Order, 1942, the Westmeath County Council (Amendment) Order, 1974 ( S.I. No. 34 of 1974 ) and Article 17 of the County Electoral Areas (Amendment) Order, 1985 ( S.I. No. 109 of 1985 ) are hereby revoked.

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