Poor Relief (Dublin) Act, 1929
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) This Act shall be construed as one with the Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts, 1838 to 1914. | |
(2) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— | ||
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health; | ||
the expression “union to which this Act applies” means and includes any union wholly or partly situate in the County or County Borough of Dublin; | ||
the expression “relief under this Act” means and includes— | ||
(a) relief granted out of the workhouse of a union to a person to whom, save for the provisions of this Act, relief could not have been granted otherwise than in such workhouse, and | ||
(b) the payment under this Act of the expenses of removing any person from a union. | ||
(3) Every reference in this Act to a board of guardians shall in its application to a board of guardians which has been dissolved by order of the Minister made in pursuance of section 12 of the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 9 of 1923), or of section 72 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925), be construed as a reference to the person or persons appointed for the time being to perform the duties of such board of guardians. |