Forestry Act, 1928

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;

the expression “the Principal Act” means the Forestry Act, 1919: the word “adapted” when used in relation to the Principal Act means adapted by the Saorstát Eireann Forestry Commissioners Order, 1927, made on the 11th day of August, 1927, by the Executive Council under section 7 of the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 (No. 2 of 1922) and the Saorstát Eireann Forestry Commissioners (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1927, made on the 12th day of August, 1927, by the Executive Council under section 9 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924);

the word “tree” includes a tree of any age or at any stage of growth but does not include any fruit tree or any osier;

the word “timber” means wood which is the product of any tree;

the word “wood” save in the foregoing definition includes a plantation;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act.