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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - LONG TITLE

An Act for amending the Law relating to Local Government in
Ireland, and for other purposes connected therewith.
[12th August 1898]
PART I
Transfer to county council of business of grand jury and county at
large presentment sessions.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 4

4.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, there shall be
transferred to the council of each county all the business of the
grand jury not excepted by this section, and all the business of
the county at large presentment sessions; and the county council for
the purpose of such business shall, save that any fiat or other
sanction of a judge shall not be required, have the powers and
duties of the grand jury and the said presentment sessions in
connexion with the said business, and also such further powers and
duties as are conferred on them by or in pursuance of this Act,
or as may be necessary for conducting, as an administrative body,
the business hereby transferred.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 1976

S.5 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1956 c.19 (NI) s.1(2) sch.; 1968 c.9
(NI) s.13 sch.2. S.6 rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19; SLR
1976. S.7 rep. by 1923 c.21 (NI) s.110(2) sch.6. S.8 rep. by 1923
c.10 (NI) s.1(2). S.9 rep. by SLR 1908; 1932 c.15 (NI) s.72 sch.3;
1948 c.3 (NI) s.32(1) sch.5 Pt.II

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 10
Powers of county council as to acquisition of land or easements.

10.(1) A county council, for the purpose of any of their powers
and duties, may acquire, purchase, take on lease or exchange, any
land or any easements or rights over or in land, whether within or
without their county, including rights to water, and may acquire,
hire, erect, and furnish such halls, buildings, and offices as they
require, whether within or without their county, ...

Subs.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; subs.(3) rep. by 1934 c.22 (NI)
s.46 sch.3

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 11
Powers of the Department of the Environment as to sudden damage to
public works.

11.(1) The [Department of the Environment] shall arrange for the
immediate repair of sudden damage to any public work, maintained in
whole or in part [by the Department of the Environment].

(2) For the purposes of this section "repair of sudden damage"
means such repair of any sudden damage to any public work, and
such erection of any temporary work in place of any public work
suddenly carried away or destroyed, and such collection or
preservation of the materials of any damaged public work, as, ...,
[the Department of the Environment] considers cannot, without
prejudice to the public, be delayed ...

(3) The powers of any justices and of extraordinary presentment
sessions in relation to the repair of sudden damage to public works
shall cease.

S.12 rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; 1980 NI 11 art.64(2) sch.9. S.13
rep. by 1928 c.18 (NI) s.1(6). S.14 rep. by SLR 1908; SLR (NI)
1954; 1959 c.15 (NI) s.38 sch. S.15 rep. by SLR 1908; 1923 c.31
(NI) s.11(3) sch.2; 1948 c.3 (NI) s.83 sch.10 Pt.II. S.16 rep. by
1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.17 rep. by 1962 c.12 (NI) s.32 sch.;
1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.18 rep. by 1953 c.13 (NI) s.4 sch.;
SLR (NI) 1954; 1970 c.1 (NI) s.36 sch.6. S.19 rep. by 1926 c.12
(NI) s.19 sch.2; 1971 c.17 (NI) s.30 sch.4. S.20 rep. by SLR (NI)
1954; SRO (NI) 1973/285

Constitution of and application of Act to county boroughs.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 21

21.(1) Each of the boroughs mentioned in the Second Schedule to
this Act shall ... be called a county borough.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1919 c.19 s.11 sch.; 1968 c.9 (NI) s.13 sch.2;
1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

S.22 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.23 rep. by 1919 c.19
s.11 sch.; 1946 c.8 (NI) s.53 sch.5; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9.
S.24 rep. by SLR 1908; SLR (NI) 1954. S.25 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954;
1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.26 rep. by 1919 c.71 s.4(2) sch.;
1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

Transfer to district councils of business of baronial presentment
sessions and grand jury.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 27

27.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act there shall be
transferred

(a)to the district council of every county district, the business of
any baronial presentment sessions so far as respects their district;
and

(b)to the district council of every urban county district, so far
as respects their district, the business of the grand jury of the
county in relation to public works, the expense of the maintenance
of which is not wholly or partly leviable off the county at large;

Subs.(2) rep. by 1923 c.10 (NI) s.2(2); subs.(3)(4) rep. by 1972
c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

(5) If the council of any ... district, or the council of any
adjoining ... district, consider that any contribution should be made
by one council to the other in respect of a liability for
maintaining any public work heretofore maintained out of money levied
off an area comprising the whole or part of both such districts,
the councils may agree upon such contribution, and in default of
agreement either council may apply to the Local Government Board to
order such contribution, and that Board shall deal with the
application as a matter of adjustment under this Act.

Subs.(6) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

(7) Where an order of the Local Government Board, under the
foregoing provisions, deals with an application to order any
contribution or fixes the terms of an undertaking, and within three
months after the order the Board receive a petition against it from
either council affected, or from at least one-fourth of the local
government electors of any district ... affected, the order shall be
provisional only, and a certificate of the Local Government Board
that no such petition has been received, and that the order has
taken effect, shall be conclusive evidence of those facts.

Subs.(8) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

S.28 rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 29
Transfer of business of burial boards in certain towns.

29. There shall be transferred to the council of every urban
district excepted from section one hundred and sixty of the Public
Health Act, 1878 (by reason of being a town or township having
commissioners under a local Act), the business of the board of
guardians as burial board, and the said council shall be the burial
board for the district.

S.30 rep. by SLR 1908; SLR 1976

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 31
Extension of power of purchase of market under 1878 c.52.

31. The power conferred by section one hundred and four of the
Public Health Act, 1878, upon [a district council] to purchase a
market from a market company shall extend to authorise the purchase
from any person of any franchise or right to hold a market or
fair, whether under Act, letters patent, or otherwise, and the said
section shall apply accordingly, with the necessary modifications.

S.32 rep. by SLR 1908; SRO (NI) 1973/285. S.33 rep. by 1972 c.9
(NI) s.149 sch.9; SRO (NI) 1973/285. S.34 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI)
s.149 sch.9. S.35 rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 36
Powers of district council as to recreation ground and public walks.

36.(1) [A] district council ... may

(a)acquire, purchase, or take on lease, lay out, plant, improve, and
maintain land for a recreation ground or public walk; and

(b)support or contribute to the support of a recreation ground or
public walk, or contribute towards the purchase or cost of the
laying out, planting, or improvement of any recreation ground or
public walk, when provided by any person and permanently dedicated
as such; and

(c)make byelaws for the regulation of any such recreation ground or
public walk, and by such byelaws provide for the removal from such
recreation ground or public walk, by any officer of the said
council or a constable, of any person infringing any such byelaw.

(2) The recreation ground or public walk may be either within or
without the district of the council, if it is convenient for the
use of the inhabitants of such district.

Subs.(3) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; subs.(4)(5) rep. by 1972 c.9
(NI) s.149 sch.9

[(6) A district council may acquire land otherwise than by agreement
for the purposes of this section.][

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 37
Contributions by district councils for fisheries development.

37.(1) Where a district council are of the opinion that, having
regard to the public benefit which will be derived from the
development or improvement for angling of any inland waters within
their district, it is expedient for them to make a contribution
towards any expenses which may be incurred

(a)by the Ministry of Agriculture in so developing or improving
those waters under section 2 or 3 of the Fisheries Act (Northern
Ireland) 1966 or of providing fish for the purposes of any such
development or improvement under section 10 of that Act; or

(b)by

(i)the said Ministry; or

(ii)any other person; or

<(iii)any association of persons established for the purpose of developing or improving any waters for angling,

(b)in so developing or improving those waters in accordance with a
programme approved by the Ministry of Agriculture under section 6 of
the said Act of 1966,

(2) The amount of any contribution under subsection (1) shall not,
in any local financial year, exceed a sum equal to a rate of one
halfpenny in the pound on the net annual value of the district at
the beginning of that year.

(3) Any contribution under subsection (1) may be a single
contribution or an annual contribution for a period of two or more
years, but (unless renewed) shall not be a contribution for a
period of more than five years.

(4) Where a district council resolve to make a contribution under
subsection (1)(a) or (b), the contribution shall be payable to the
Ministry of Agriculture, and shall be recoverable from the council
by that Ministry as a simple contract debt in any court of
competent jurisdiction.

(5) Any sum received by the Ministry under subsection (4) in
respect of a contribution towards the expenses incurred or to be
incurred by any other person or any association in carrying out a
programme such as is referred to in subsection (1) shall be applied
by the Ministry in accordance with any arrangements made between the
Ministry and that other person or association for the purposes of
the programme.]

Subs.(6) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

S.38 rep. by SLR 1908. S.39 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1972 c.9 (NI)
s.149 sch.9. S.40 rep. by 1959 c.15 (NI) s.38 sch.; 1972 c.9 (NI)
s.149 sch.9

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 41
Application of 1854 c.103 to certain towns.

41.(1) The Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, and the enactments
amending the same, shall, subject to the exceptions and with the
amendments made by this Act, apply to the town forming the urban
sanitary district of Carrickfergus, and to every town having
commissioners under the Lighting of Towns (Ireland) Act, 1828, and
shall so apply in like manner as if it had been in whole adopted
in the town, and the boundaries of each such town at the passing
of this Act were the boundaries approved under the first-mentioned
Act.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

(3) The urban district council of Carrickfergus shall, as successors
of the municipal commissioners of Carrickfergus, be the Carrickfergus
Harbour Commissioners, and the enactments relating to the transfer of
property from the said municipal commissioners to the urban district
council shall be subject to the provisions of this Act with respect
to such portion of the county of the town of Carrickfergus as
forms part of the rural sanitary district.

S.42 rep. by SLR 1908; SLR (NI) 1954; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

Part IIISs.4346 rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19. S.47 rep. by
1966 c.38 (NI) s.28 sch.3; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; 1972 NI 16
art.63(3) sch.19. S.48 rep. by SLR 1908; SLR (NI) 1954. Ss.49, 50
rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.51 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1962 c.12 (NI)
s.32 sch.; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19. Ss.52, 53 rep. by SLR (NI)
1954; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19. S.54 rep. by 1972 NI 16
art.63(3) sch.19. S.55 rep. by SLR 1908; SLR (NI) 1954. S.56 rep.
by SLR (NI) 1954; 1968 c.9 (NI) s.13 sch.2. S.57 rep. by SLR (NI)
1954; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19. S.58 rep. by SLR 1908; 1948 c.3
(NI) s.32(1) sch.5 Pt.II; 1949 c.15 (NI) s.16 sch.4 Pt.III. Ss.5961
rep. by 1953 c.13 (NI) s.4 sch. S.62 rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3)
sch.19. S.63 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9.
S.64 rep. by 1934 c.22 (NI) s.46 sch.3. S.65 rep. by 1931 c.26
s.22 sch.3

S.68 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 69
Boundaries of counties for judicial, militia, jury, police, and other
purposes, and provision as to revocation of borough commission of
the peace and as to certain chief clerks.

69.(1) A place which, for the purposes of this Act, is a part of
an administrative county shall, subject as in this section mentioned,
form part of that county for all other purposes, whether ...
sheriff, ... militia, police, registration, ... [chief clerk], or
other county officers, or otherwise ...

(2) Provided that

(b)nothing in this Act, nor anything done in pursuance of this Act,
shall alter the limits of any parliamentary borough or parliamentary
county within the meaning of the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885,
or confer any right to vote at the election of a member to serve
in Parliament in any parliamentary borough where such right did not
previously exist.

(3) The court house of a county at large, when situate within a
county of a city or town, shall, while it continues to be such
court house, be deemed to form part of the body of such county at
large; provided that if any court held for the county of the city
or town is held in such court house, the court house shall then
be deemed, for the purpose of the jurisdiction of that court, to
be part of the body of the county of the city or town.

(4) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, on petition from
the council of any borough other than a county borough, by letters
patent, to revoke the grant of the commission of the peace for the
borough, and to make such provision as to Her Majesty seems proper
for the protection of interests existing at the date of the
revocation.

(5) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the same officer ... shall
be [chief clerk] for the county of Antrim and for the county of
the city of Belfast constituted by this Act, and the same officer
shall continue to be [chief clerk] for the county of Londonderry,
and for the county of the city of Londonderry constituted by this
Act.

Subs.(7) rep. by 1926 c.15 (NI) s.18(6) sch.6; 1974 NI 6 art.9(2)
sch.5

S.70 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.71 rep. by 1972 NI 16 art.63(3)
sch.19

General provisions as to transfer of business to county and district
councils.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 72

72.(1) Any council, board, or court shall, as respects the business
by this Act transferred to them from any authority, be subject to
the provisions and limitations affecting them, whether in this Act
or in any Order in Council made under Part Six of this Act, but,
save as aforesaid, shall have all the powers and duties of the
authority in respect of the business transferred.

(2) There shall be transferred to the county and district council
respectively, in relation to any business transferred to that
council, all the powers and duties under any Act of any officer of
such council other than the treasurer in relation to that business.

Subs.(3) rep. by 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7

S.73 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; SLR 1963. S.74 rep. by 1923 c.21 (NI)
s.110(2) sch.6. S.75 rep. by 1908 c.48 s.92 sch.2. S.76 rep. by
1948 c.3 (NI) s.32(1) sch.5 Pt.II. S.77 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI)
s.149 sch.9

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 78
As to navigation trackways.

78. A trackway on the bank of any navigable river within the
meaning of the Grand Juries Act, 1873, shall without prejudice to
the reasonable use thereof for any purpose connected with navigation,
be a public highway, and shall continue to be maintainable as
provided by that Act.

S.79 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

S.80 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; SRO (NI) 1973/285. S.81 rep. by 1972
c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 82
Duty of county and district council to maintain works.

82.(1) It shall be the duty of every county and district council,
according to their respective powers, to keep all public works
maintainable at the cost of their county or district in good
condition and repair, and to take all steps necessary for that
purpose.

(2) The council of a county, upon a proposal made by the council
of a district in which any ... public work is situate, or ...
without such proposal, may, if the ... work appears to such county
council to be useless, and they resolve so to do, stop up or
abandon the ... work; but, if an objection by any ratepayer is
lodged in the manner and within the time determined by an Order in
Council under Part VI of this Act, the said resolution shall be of
no effect unless approved by the Local Government Board.

Subs.(3)(4) rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

(5) The provisions of the Grand Juries Acts with respect to
memorials, other than memorials by a grand jury, shall be repealed,
and the provisions of those and any other Acts with respect to
traverse shall be repealed, so far as they relate to business
transferred by this Act to county or district councils or the
county court.

Officers of county.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 83

83.Subs.(1)(11) rep. by 1950 c.10 (NI) s.9 sch.3; SLR (NI) 1954;
1957 c.20 s.14 sch.4 Pt.I; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; 1972 NI 16
art.63(3) sch.19; 1974 NI 6 art.9(2) sch.5; SLR 1976

(13) Where a county surveyor, ..., is appointed by a county council
after the passing of this Act, and at the time of such appointment
held a like office in another county ... he shall, upon ceasing to
hold office, be entitled, for the purpose of the enactments relating
to superannuation, to reckon any previous service as county surveyor
... which he might have reckoned if his service had been under the
appointing council or committee.

Subs.(14) rep. by SLR 1976

S.84 rep. by 1948 c.3 (NI) s.32(1) sch.5 Pt.II; SLR (NI) 1954.
S.85 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.86 rep.
by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.87 rep. with saving by 1950 c.10
(NI) s.9 sch.3. S.88 rep. by 1934 c.15 (NI) s.40 sch.1; 1973 NI
17 art.17(2) sch.4. S.90 rep. by 1934 c.22 (NI) s.46 sch.3. S.91
rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.92 rep. by SLR 1976. S.93 rep. by SLR
(NI) 1954

S.94 rep. by 1946 c.8 (NI) s.53 sch.5; SLR (NI) 1954; 1962 c.14
(NI) s.131 sch.11; 1964 c.14 (NI) s.18 sch.; 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149
sch.9; SI 1973/2095. S.95 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7. S.96
rep. by 1949 c.68 s.175 sch.9; SLR (NI) 1954; 1974 NI 6 art.9(2)
sch.5; SLR 1976. S.97 rep. by 1946 c.8 (NI) s.53 sch.5; 1972 c.9
(NI) s.149 sch.9. S.98 rep. by 1918 c.64 s.47(1) sch.8; 1962 c.14
(NI) s.131 sch.11. S.99 rep. by 1949 c.68 s.175 sch.9; 1962 c.14
(NI) s.131 sch.11. S.100 rep. by 1966 c.38 (NI) s.28 sch.3

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 101
Enforcement of order of Local Government Board.

101.Subs.(1) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

(2) Where ... the Local Government Board is authorised to make an
order under this Act, such order may be enforced by mandamus.

Subs.(3) rep. by SLR 1976

(4) A Provisional Order made under this Act shall be of no effect
until confirmed, and, save as otherwise provided, until confirmed by
Parliament, and sections two hundred and fourteen and two hundred
and fifteen of the Public Health Act, 1878, shall, with the
necessary modifications, apply for the purpose of any such Order.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 102
Orders, etc., of Local Government Board to be received in evidence.

102.Subs.(1) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; SLR 1976; subs.(2) rep. by SLR
1976

(3) Every document purporting to be a rule, order, or regulation of
the Local Government Board, and to be sealed and signed as above
mentioned, shall be received in evidence, and be deemed to be a
rule, order, or regulation duly made by the Board, unless the
contrary is shown.

Subs.(4)(6) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

S.103 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

Ss.104107 rep. by SLR 1908

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 108
Rules and Provisional Orders by Local Government Board.

108.(1) The Local Government Board may make rules

Para.(a) rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3)
sch.19

(b)for regulating any matter authorised by this Act to be prescribed
or to be regulated by rules of the Local Government Board; and

(c)generally for carrying into effect this Act, ...

(2) The Local Government Board may make Provisional Orders for
adapting any local Act to the provisions of this Act and of any
Order in Council made thereunder.

Interpretation of certain terms in the Act.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 109

109.(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

["district council" means a council established under the Local
Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;]

The expression "union" means a poor law union:

Definitions rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; SLR 1976

The expression "guardians" means a board of guardians:

The expression "presentment sessions" includes road sessions and
special road sessions:

Definition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285

The expression "Local Government Board" means the Local Government
Board for Ireland:

Definitions rep. by 1918 c.64 s.47(1) sch.8; SLR (NI) 1954; 1972 NI
16 art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I; SLR 1976

The expression "road" includes any bridge, pipe, arch, gullet, fence,
railing, or wall forming part of such road:

The expression "public work" means any road or work in respect of
which, under the Grand Juries Acts, a presentment might but for
this Act be made by any presentment sessions for a barony or
county at large or any grand jury:

The expression "maintenance," when used in relation to any road or
public work, includes the reasonable improvement and enlargement of
such road or work:

Definitions rep. by 1961 c.15 (NI) s.116(2) sch.7; 1972 NI 16
art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I

The expression "local government electors" means [local electors
within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland)
1972]:

The expression "prescribed" means prescribed by the Local Government
Board:

Definition rep. by SLR 1976

The expression "powers" includes rights, jurisdiction, capacities,
privileges, and immunities:

The expression "duties" includes responsibilities and obligations:

The expression "powers and duties" includes all powers and duties
conferred or imposed by or arising under any local Act:

The expression "office" includes any office, situation, or employment,
and the expression "officer" shall be construed accordingly:

The expression "pensionable office" means an office coming within the
provisions of any Act authorising the grant of a superannuation
allowance:

Definitions rep. by SLR 1976

The Grand Juries (Ireland) Acts, 1816 to 1895, are in this Act
referred to as the Grand Juries Acts, and each of them is in this
Act referred to as the Grand Juries Act of the year in which it
was passed:

Definition rep. by 1961 c.15 (NI) s.116(2) sch.7

The Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1896, are in this Act
referred to as the Public Health Acts, and each of them is in
this Act referred to as the Public Health Act of the year in
which it was passed:

Definitions rep. by SLR (NI) 1954; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19 Pt.I

...

(2) For the purposes of the Interpretation Act, 1889, this Act
shall be deemed to be an Act amending the Poor Relief (Ireland)
Act, 1838.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 110
Extent of Act, short title, and repeal.

110.(1) This Act shall extend to Ireland only, and may be cited as
the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

(2) ...

(a)any enactment or document referring to any Act or enactment
hereby repealed shall be construed to refer to this Act or to the
corresponding enactments in this Act:

Para.(b) rep. by 1948 c.3 (NI) s.32(1) sch.5 Pt.II

(4) Any other enactments of any Act, whether general or local,
touching any business transferred to county or district councils or
the county court by this Act, so far as they relate to any fiat
or other sanction of a judge, court, or recorder, or relate to
traverses or memorials other than memorials by a grand jury, shall
be repealed.

Ss.111114 rep. by SLR 1908. Ss. 115119 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954.
S.120 rep. by SLR 1908. Ss.121, 122 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.123
rep. by SLR 1908

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1898 - SECT 124

124. Commencement

First Schedule rep. by 1956 c.19 (NI) s.1(2) sch.; 1961 c.15 (NI)
s.116(2) sch.7; 1962 c.30 s.30(2)(d) sch.4 Pt.IV; 1968 c.9 (NI) s.13
sch.2; 1972 NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19

Third Schedule rep. by 1949 c.15 (NI) ss.13, 16, sch.4 Pt.III.
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Schedules rep. by SLR 1908. Seventh Schedule
rep. by SLR (NI) 1954