Markets and Fairs Clauses Act, 1847

Interpretation.

2. The expression “the special Act” used in this Act shall be construed to mean any Act which shall be hereafter passed authorising the construction or regulation of a market or fair, and with which this Act shall be incorporated; and the word “prescribed” used in this Act in reference to any matter herein stated shall be construed to refer to such matter as the same shall be prescribed or provided for in the special Act, and the sentence in which such word occurs shall be construed as if instead of the word “prescribed” the expression “prescribed for that purpose in the special Act” had been used; and the expression “the lands” shall mean the lands which shall by the special Act be authorized to be taken or used for the purposes thereof; and the expression “the undertaking” shall mean the market or fair, and the works connected therewith, by the special Act authorised to be constructed or regulated; and the expression “the undertakers” shall mean the persons authorised by the special Act to construct or regulate the market of fair.