Local Government Act, 1933

Definitions.

1.—(1) In this Act—

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925);

the expression “the Minister” when the local authority to which it relates is a vocational education committee means the Minister for Education, and when the local authority to which it relates is a committee of agriculture means the Minister for Agriculture, and in all other cases means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;

save as is otherwise provided by this section all other words and expressions used in this Act to which a particular meaning is assigned by section 1 of the Principal Act have in this Act the meaning so assigned.

(2) The following bodies shall be local authorities for the purposes of this Act, that is to say:—

(a) all bodies which are local authorities within the meaning of the Principal Act;

(b) vocational education committees;

(c) committees of agriculture.