Town Renewal Act, 2000
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— | |
“Act of 1997” means the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 ; | ||
“county council” means the council of an administrative county and the functional area of a county council for the purposes of this Act is the administrative county; | ||
“eligible town” means a town other than a town— | ||
(a) in respect of which any part of that town— | ||
(i) is within a qualifying resort area within the meaning of section 351 of the Act of 1997, | ||
(ii) is within an area described as a qualifying area in an order made under section 372B (inserted by the Finance Act, 1998 ) of the Act of 1997, or | ||
(iii) is within a qualifying rural area within the meaning of section 372L (inserted by the Finance Act, 1998 ) of the Act of 1997, | ||
or | ||
(b) within an administrative county that is specified in the Schedule to this Act; | ||
“environs” means, in relation to a town, environs for the purposes of the census of population concerned; | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties and a reference to the performance of functions includes, with respect to powers and duties, a reference to the exercise of the powers and the carrying out of the duties; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment and Local Government; | ||
“qualifying area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 372AA(1) (inserted by the Finance Act, 2000 ) of the Act of 1997; | ||
“town” means a town, the population of which, including the population of the environs of that town, exceeded 500 persons but did not exceed 6,000 persons in the census of population most recently published before section 3 falls to be applied to that town; | ||
“town renewal plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 . | ||
(2) In this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a section is a reference to a section of this Act, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other enactment is intended, | ||
(b) a reference to a subsection or paragraph is a reference to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended, | ||
(c) a reference to any enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment. |