In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

• “Appointed day” means the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty . . .

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• “Enactment” includes any public general, local or private Act and any rule, regulation, byelaw, order, or award made under any Act:

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• “Functions” includes powers and duties:

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• “Local Act” includes a Provisional Order confirmed by Act of Parliament:

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• “Minister” means the Minister of Health:

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• “Property” and “liabilities” have the same meanings as in the M1Local Government Act, 1888:

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• “Rate” has the same meaning as in the M2Rating and Valuation Act, 1925:

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• “Road” means a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large, and, save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, includes any bridge so repairable carrying the road, and “improvement” in relation to a road includes the fixing of a building line or improvement line under any enactment:

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• “Sinking fund” includes any fund for the redemption of debt:

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• “Water-rate” means any rate or other charge payable by consumers for the supply of water:

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