City and County Management (Amendment) Act, 1955

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1940” means the County Management Act, 1940 (No. 12 of 1940);

“borough” does not include a county borough;

“the Corporation of Dublin” means the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin;

“elective body” means an elective body for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 and 1942;

“estimate of expenses” has the meaning assigned to it in section 9;

“estimates committee” has the meaning assigned to it in section 7;

“estimates meeting” has the meaning assigned to it in section 10;

“executive function” means a function other than a reserved function;

“grouped counties” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1940;

“individual health functions” means functions—

(a) with respect to decisions as to whether or not any particular person shall be eligible to avail himself of a service (including a service for the payment of grants or allowances) made available under the Health Acts, 1947 to 1954, or the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 and 1954, or as to the extent to which and the manner in which a person shall receive treatment under or otherwise avail himself of any such service,

(b) with respect to decisions as to the making or recovery of a charge, or the amount of any charge, for a service (including a service for the payment of grants or allowances) made available under the Health Acts, 1947 to 1954, or the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 and 1954, in respect of a particular person,

(c) under sections 107 , 168 , 188 , 203 , 206 , 208 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 223 , 224 and Part XVII of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945),

(d) under section 39 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947);

“local authority” means—

(a) the corporation of a county borough,

(b) the council of a county, or

(c) an elective body;

“manager” means—

(a) as respects the corporation of a county borough—the manager for the purposes of the Acts relating to the management of the county borough, and

(b) as respects the council of a county or an elective body—the manager for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 and 1942;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government;

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

“reserved function” means—

(a) as respects the corporation of a county borough—a reserved function for the purposes of the Acts relating to the management of the county borough, and

(b) as respects the council of a county or an elective body—a reserved function for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 and 1942.

(2) Any reference in this Act to a function includes a reference to a power or duty and any reference to performance of a function includes, as respects a power, a reference to exercise of the power.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, every reference in this Act to a meeting, member, committee, member of a committee, or meeting of a committee of a local authority shall, where the local authority in question are the corporation of a county borough or borough, be construed as a reference to a meeting, member, committee, member of a committee, or meeting of a committee (as the case may be) of the council established by law in respect of the county borough or borough.