Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

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Part I.

SANITARY AUTHORITIES.

Urban and rural sanitary districts.

3. For the purposes of this Act Ireland shall be divided into sanitary districts to be called respectively,—

(1.) Urban sanitary districts; and

(2.) Rural sanitary districts;

and every such urban and rural sanitary district shall respectively be subject to the jurisdiction of a sanitary authority, in this Act called an urban sanitary authority or urban authority, and a rural sanitary authority or rural authority, invested with the powers in this Act mentioned.