Housing Act, 1988
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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act. |
21.—Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) of the following definition for that of “housing authority”: | |
“‘housing authority’ means, in the case of— | ||
(a) a county health district (exclusive of any town having commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 ), the council of the county in which such county health district is situate, | ||
(b) a county or other borough, the corporation of such county or other borough, | ||
(c) an urban district, the council of the district, | ||
(d) a town having commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 , except as respects— | ||
(i) sections 34, 35, 36, 39, 41 and 43 of this Act, | ||
(ii) sections 6 and 8 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 , and | ||
(iii) sections 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1988, | ||
the commissioners of such town and, as respects the said sections, the council of the county in which the town is situate, | ||
and references to the functional area of a housing authority shall be construed accordingly;”. |