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Functional area of local authority
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2. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the functional area of a city council consists of—
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(a) that city council’s administrative area, and
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(b) the administrative area of any other local authority declared by order under subsection (3) to form part of that functional area.
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(2) For the purposes of this Act, the functional area of a county council consists of—
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(a) that county council’s administrative area and the administrative area of any town council situated within that county council’s administrative area, and
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(b) the administrative area of any other local authority declared by order under subsection (3) to form part of that functional area.
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(3) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, by order declare that, for the purposes of this Act, the administrative area (including, in the case of a county, the administrative area of any town council situated within that county) of a local authority specified in the order forms part of the functional area of another local authority specified in the order.
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(4) In this section— “administrative area” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2001; “town council” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2001.
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