# The Local Government Boundaries Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 50(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. That provision provides for the appointment of a Local Government Boundaries Commissioner whose function is to review the number, boundaries and names of districts in Northern Ireland and the number, boundaries and names of the wards into which each district is divided.
Under section 50(1) as amended (and read with paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5 to the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973), the Secretary of State would have been required to appoint a Commissioner under section 50(1) in 1992 and every tenth year thereafter. The first effect of this Order is to require such an appointment to be made in 1990. The second effect of this Order is that subsequent appointments are to be made during the period of not less than ten or more than fifteen years after the submission of the final report on the last previous review under section 50(1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2149/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-boundaries-commissioner-northern-ireland-order-1990/note
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