Local Authorities (Acceptance of Gifts) Act, 1945
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Definitions. |
1.—In this Act— | |
the expression “civic improvement” includes, anything which tends to improve the amenities of the functional area of the local authority concerned or is otherwise conducive to the welfare of the inhabitants or any class of the inhabitants of that functional area; | ||
the expression “civic improvement scheme” means a scheme under subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act; | ||
the expression “local authority” means any body being either— | ||
(a) the corporation of a county or other borough, or | ||
(b) the council of a county or an urban district, or | ||
(c) the commissioners of a town, or | ||
(d) a, vocational education committee, or | ||
(e) a committee of agriculture; | ||
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health; | ||
the expression “reserved function” means— | ||
(a) in the case of the corporation of a county borough, a reserved function for the purposes of the enactments relating to the management of that county borough, | ||
(b) in the case of any other local authority, a reserved function for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 and 1942; | ||
the expression “voluntary civic improvement fund” means a fund established under a civic improvement scheme. |