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CHAPTER 4
Fuel Scheme
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Cheap fuel scheme.
[1957 MP, s. 4]
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289.—(1) In this Chapter—
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“cheap fuel scheme” means a scheme approved of by the Minister for the provision of fuel for specified categories of persons;
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“timber” means timber (including growing timber) suitable for use as, or for conversion into, firewood;
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“urban authority” means any body which is—
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(a) the corporation of a county borough,
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(b) the corporation of a borough other than a county borough,
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(c) the council of an urban district, or
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(d) the commissioners of a town.
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(2) For the purposes of a cheap fuel scheme made by an urban authority, that authority may—
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(a) acquire by agreement any timber or turf,
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(b) by direct labour or contract, fell any timber so acquired,
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(c) by direct labour or contract, convert or partly convert any timber so acquired into firewood, and
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(d) transport, store, sell or dispose of any timber or turf so acquired.
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(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as restricting the operation of the Forestry Acts, 1946 to 1976.
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