Local Government (Changing of Place Names) Regulations, 1949.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Changing of Place Names) Regulations, 1949.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations the following words and expressions shall have the meaning hereinafter assigned to them :—
" the Minister " means the Minister for Local Government ;
" the Act " means the Local Government Act, 1946 ;
" ratepayer " means—
(a) as respects an urban district, town, townland or street, a ratepayer in such urban district, town, townland or street ;
(b) as respects a non-municipal town, a person whose name appears on the list prepared and adopted in accordance with subsection (4) of section 77 of the act ;
(c) as respects a locality, a person whose name appears on the list prepared and adopted in accordance with subsection (3) of section 79 of the act ;
" district " means an urban district, town, townland or non-municipal town ;
" area " means a street or a locality ;
" place " includes district and area ;
" appropriate authority " means—
(a) as respects an urban district, the council of the urban district ;
(b) as respects a town, the commissioners of the town ;
(c) as respects a townland or non-municipal town situate wholly within one county, the Council of that county.
(d) as respects a townland or non-municipal town situate partly in one county and partly in another the council of such county as shall be determined by the Minister ;
(e) as respects a street the authority specified in subsection (5) of section 78 of the act ;
(f) as respects a locality the authority specified in subsection (5) of section 79 of the act.
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paragraphs: The prescribed persons for the purposes of subsection (6) of section 76 of the act shall be—
(a) the Minister for Education ;
(b) UachtarÃ¡n ComhdhÃ¡il NÃ¡isiÃºnta na Gaeilge ;
(c) the Commissioner of Valuation ;
(d) the Chief Boundary Surveyor ;
(e) the Director of Ordnance Survey.
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paragraphs: The prescribed authorities for the purposes of subsection (1) and subsection (2) of section 77 of the act shall be—
(a) the Minister for Education ;
(b) UachtarÃ¡n ComhdhÃ¡il NÃ¡isiÃºnta na Gaeilge ;
(c) the Commissioner of Valuation ;
(d) the Chief Boundary Surveyor ;
(e) the Director of Ordnance Survey.
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paragraphs: The prescribed persons for the purposes of subsection (8) of Section 76 and subsection (7) of section 77 of the act shall be—
(a) the Minister for Education ;
(b) the Minister for Health ;
(c) the Minister for Industry and Commerce ;
(d) the Minister for Justice ;
(e) the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs ;
(f) the Minister for Social Welfare ;
(g) the Commissioner of Valuation ;
(h) the Chief Boundary Surveyor ;
(i) the Director of Ordnance Survey.
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paragraphs: The procedure to be followed in ascertaining for the purposes of Sections 76 and 77 of the Act whether not less than four-sevenths of the ratepayers of a district consent to an application being made to the Government for an order changing the name of the district shall be the procedure specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: The procedure to be followed by the appropriate authority in ascertaining for the purposes of Sections 78 and 79 of the Act, whether not less than four-sevenths of the ratepayers of an area consent to the name of the area being changed shall be the procedure specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.