This Act may be cited as the Counties Amendment Act 1955, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Counties Act 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section sixty of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “so that the representation of the several ridings shall, as far as possible, be proportioned to the rateable value and number of electors of each riding respectively”, and substituting the words “so as to give due representation to the several ridings after taking into account the rateable value and number of electors of each riding and such additional factors of any kind as the Council considers relevant”.