Unemployment (Relief Works) Act, 1940

Definitions.

1.—(1) In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;

the expression “work of public utility” means a work which is within the powers of any local authority or any two or more local authorities acting jointly;

the word “road” means any public road and includes any bridge, pipe, arch, gully, footway, pavement, fence, railing, or wall forming part thereof;

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

(2) Each of the following bodies and no other body shall be a local authority for the purposes of this Act, and the expression “local authority” shall in this Act be construed accordingly, that is to say:—

(a) the corporation of a county or other borough,

(b) the council of a county,

(c) the council of an urban district,

(d) a board of health,

(e) the joint board of a united district established under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, or this Act.