Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932
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Definitions. |
2.—In this Act— | |
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health; | ||
the expression “public utility society” means a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1913, or a friendly society registered under the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 and 1908, or a trade union registered under the Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1913, whose objects include the erection of houses for the working classes and the said expression includes also a company which satisfies the Minister that its objects are wholly philanthropic and include the provision of houses for the working, classes; the word “person” wherever it occurs in Part II of this Act includes the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust but does not include either a local authority or a public utility society; | ||
the expression “agricultural labourer” has the same meaning as it has in the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1931; | ||
the word “house” means and includes a building or any part of a building suitable for occupation as a dwelling-house; | ||
the word “erection” does not include reconstruction, and the words “erect,” “erecting,” and other cognate words shall be construed accordingly; | ||
the expression “urban area” means the area of any county borough, borough or urban district or of a town having town commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 ; | ||
the expression “rural area” means the area of a county health district exclusive of any urban area situate therein; | ||
the expression “urban authority” means the council of a county borough, borough, or urban district or the commissioners of a town having town commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 . |