Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1957
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Fuel. |
4.—(1) In this section— | |
“cheap fuel scheme” means a scheme approved of by the Minister for the provision of fuel for specified categories of persons; | ||
“timber” means timber (including growing timber) suitable for use as or for conversion into firewood; | ||
“urban authority” means any body which is— | ||
(a) the corporation of a county borough, | ||
(b) the corporation of a borough other than a county borough, | ||
(c) the council of an urban district, or | ||
(d) the commissioners of a town. | ||
(2) For the purposes of a cheap fuel scheme made by an urban authority, that authority may— | ||
(a) acquire by agreement any timber or turf, | ||
(b) by direct labour or contract, fell any timber so acquired, | ||
(c) by direct labour or contract, convert or partly convert any timber so acquired into firewood, and | ||
(d) transport, store, sell or dispose of any timber or turf so acquired. | ||
(3) Nothing contained in subsection (2) of this section shall be construed as restricting the operation of the Forestry Act, 1946 (No. 13 of 1946). |