Private Bill Costs Act, 1924

Definitions.

7.—In this Act—

the expression “taxing officer of the Oireachtas” means the taxing officer appointed under the standing orders made jointly by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann relative to private business;

the expression “private bill” means any bill promoted for the particular interest or benefit of any person, or which interferes with the private property of any person otherwise than in the interest of the public generally and as a measure of public policy, and includes any bill for the confirmation of any provisional or other order and any public bill which has been referred to the Examiner by the Ceann Comhairle or the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad under standing orders made jointly by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann relative to private business.