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Definitions.
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1.—In this Act—
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the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
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the expression “the Board” means the Turf Development Board, Limited;
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the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act;
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the word “inspector” means an officer of the Minister appointed (either generally or for a particular purpose) in writing by the Minister to be an inspector for the purpose or any particular purpose of this Act;
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the word “turf” includes peat, and also includes briquettes made wholly or mainly of peat, but does not include peat moss litter;
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the word “coal” means coal mined outside Saorstát Eireann and includes briquettes made wholly or mainly of such coal or the dust of such coal, but does not include coke;
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the expression “coal retailer” means a person who carries on the business of selling coal by retail;
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the word “register” when used as a noun and without qualification means a register of coal retailers kept by the Minister in pursuance of this Act;
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the expression “registered coal retailer” means a coal retailer who is registered in a register of coal retailers kept by the Minister in pursuance of this Act, and the said expression when used in relation to an appointed area means a coal retailer registered in the register of coal retailers so kept in respect of such appointed area;
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the word “delivery” wherever it occurs in the expression “sale and delivery” includes delivery at the premises of the coal retailer in relation to whom that expression is used;
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the expression “consumption for domestic or household purposes” means consumption by burning for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say:—
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(a) heating the whole or any part of any building or other place which is used as a dwelling-house for human beings, or as a stable for any kind of animal, or as a place in which human beings do any kind of work or to which human beings resort for any purpose, or
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(b) the cooking of food, whether for human beings or animals, or
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(c) the heating of water for any purpose other than the generation of steam in a steam engine.
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