Urban Renewal Act, 1998

Interpretation.

3.—(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

“the Act of 1946” means the Local Government Act, 1946 ;

“the Act of 1997” means the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997 ;

“authorised company” shall be construed in accordance with section 5 (2);

“the Authority” means the Dublin Docklands Development Authority established under section 14 of the Act of 1997;

“company” means a company within the meaning of section 2 of the Companies Act, 1963 ;

“Dublin Docklands Area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Act of 1997;

“elective body” means an elective body for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1994;

“functions” includes powers and duties and a reference to the performance of functions includes, with respect to powers and duties, a reference to the exercise of the powers and the carrying out of the duties;

“integrated area plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 ;

“local authority” means—

(a) the corporation of a county borough, or

(b) the council of an administrative county,

and the functional area of a local authority for the purposes of this Act is the county borough or, as the case may be, the administrative county of that authority;

“the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment and Local Government;

“rating authority” means a rating authority for the purposes of the Act of 1946;

“reserved function” means—

(a) in the case of the council of a county or an elective body, a reserved function for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1994,

(b) in the case of the corporation of a county borough, a reserved function for the purposes of the Acts relating to the management of the county borough.

(2) In this Act—

(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other enactment is intended;

(b) a reference to a subsection or paragraph is a reference to a subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended;

(c) a reference to any enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment.