Local Government Act, 2001
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Number of members of local authorities, etc. |
21.—(1) Subject to section 22 and without prejudice to section 40 (7), each county council and city council consists of the number of members specified in Parts 1 and 2, respectively, of Schedule 7 opposite the reference to the county council or city council concerned. | |
(2) (a) The number of members of a town council referred to in Part 3 of Schedule 7 is 12. | ||
(b) Subject to section 22 (5), the number of members of any other town council is 9. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to paragraph 11 of Schedule 10, where a provision of this Act provides that at least a specified proportion of the total number of members of a local authority is necessary in relation to the doing of any particular act, then in a case where such proportion consists of a whole number and a remainder, the whole number shall of itself be sufficient. |