Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908

Local authorities and expenses.

10.(1) The local authority for the purposes of this Act shall—

(a) as respects the rural districts of any administrative county, be the county council;

(b) as respects an urban district or county borough, be the council of the district or borough.

(2) The expenses incurred by or on behalf of a local authority in the execution of this Act, including compensation, shall be defrayed in the case of the council of a county other than a county borough out of the funds at the disposal of the council for the purposes of agriculture and other rural industries, and, in the case of the council of an urban district or county borough, out of any rate or fund applicable to the purposes of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1907, as if incurred for those purposes.