Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870

Interpretation of terms.

8 & 9 Vict. cc. 18, 19.

23 & 24 Vict. c. 106.

2. For the purposes of this Act the terms herein-after mentioned shall have the meanings herein-after assigned to them; that is to say,

The term “local authority” shall mean the bodies of persons named in the table in the Schedule (A) to this Act annexed;

The term “road” shall mean any carriageway being a public highway, and any bridge forming part of the same :

The term “road authority” shall mean any local authority, board, town council, body corporate, commissioners, trustees, vestry, or other body or persons in whom a road as defined by this Act is vested, or who have the power to maintain or repair such road :

The term “district,” in relation to a local authority, shall mean the area within the jurisdiction of such local authority:

The term “The Lands Clauses Acts” means, so far as the Provisional Order in which that term is used relates to England or Ireland, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845; and, so far as the same relates to Scotland, the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845; together with, in each case, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860.

Description of Cases within this Act.