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10 1946

TURF DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1946

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Turf Development Act, 1946.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Board” means Bord na Móna established by this Act;

the expression “the dissolved company” means the company known as the Turf Development Board, Limited, dissolved by this Act;

the expression “the establishment date” means the date appointed to be the establishment date for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act;

the word “functions”, in relation to the Board, means the duties and powers imposed or conferred on the Board by this Act;

the expression “local authority” means any authority being—

(a) the council of a county, or

(b) the corporation of a county or other borough, or

(c) the council of an urban district;

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

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

the expression “turf products” includes turf by-products and the products and by-products of bogs.

Establishment date.

3. —The Minister may by order appoint a day to be the establishment date for the purposes of this Act.

Regulations.

4. —The Minister may make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed.

Repeal of sections 21 and 22 of the Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936 .

5. Sections 21 and 22 of the Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936 (No. 23 of 1936), are hereby repealed as on and from the establishment date.

Expenses of the Minister.

6. —The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of the moneys provided by the Oireachtas.