Curragh of Kildare Act, 1961

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“the Act of 1868” means the Curragh of Kildare Act, 1868;

“the Blue Lands” means the portion of the Curragh used, immediately before the passing of this Act, for providing rifle practice for members of the Defence Forces and for other military purposes and defined on the deposited map by being coloured blue;

“the Camp” means the portions of the Curragh that, immediately before the passing of this Act, were occupied by, or adjoined an encampment or establishment of, the Defence Forces and are defined on the deposited map by being coloured brown;

“the Curragh” means the tract of land situate in the county of Kildare and known as the Curragh of Kildare and defined on the deposited map by being enclosed by a dark green line;

“the deposited map” means the map that was deposited by the Minister in the Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin, on the 7th day of July, 1961, is sealed with the Official Seal of the Minister, is signed by the Minister and has at the top thereof the words and figures “Deposited for the purposes of any Act of the Oireachtas passed in the year 1961, to make further provision in relation to the Curragh of Kildare and its management and use and for that purpose to repeal the Curragh of Kildare Act, 1868, and part of the Curragh of Kildare Act, 1870”;

“the Green Lands” means the portion of the Curragh that does not include the Camp or Blue Lands and is defined on the deposited map by being coloured green;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Defence.