Social Welfare Act, 1948

Chapter IV.

Amendment of the Acts operative as from the 7th day of January, 1949.

Interpretation of Part III of the Principal Act.

47.—There shall be inserted in Part III of the Principal Act the following new section:—

“15. (1) In this Part—

the expression ‘urban area’ means any area being

(a) a county or other borough, or

(b) an urban district, or

(c) a town;

the expression ‘rural area’ means any area which is not an urban area.

(2) Where a house situate in a rural area is owned by the corporation of a county or other borough or the council of an urban district or the commissioners of a town, residence in such house shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to be residence in an urban area.”