Explosives Act 1875

Application of Act to IrelandU.K.

This Act shall apply to Ireland, with the following modifications; that is to say,

116 Definition of local authority.U.K.

The local authority for the purposes of this Act shall be—

(1)In the city of Dublin, the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses acting by the town council:

(2)In any urban sanitary district in which the powers, jurisdictions, and authorities of the grand jury of the county in which such district is situate are vested and exerciseable by the urban sanitary authority, except as hereafter in this section mentioned, the urban sanitary authority:

(3)In any harbour within the jurisdiction of a harbour authority, whether situate or not within the jurisdiction of any local authority before in this section mentioned, the harbour authority, to the exclusion of any other local authority:

(4)In any place in which there is no local authority as before in this section defined, the justices in petty sessions assembled.

117 Power of certain local bodies to become a local authority.U.K.

The urban sanitary authority of any district in Ireland which is not constituted a local authority by this Act may, by order of a Secretary of State made upon the application of such authority and published in the Dublin Gazette, be declared to be a local authority for the purposes of this Act, and thereupon shall become a local authority accordingly for such part of their district as is not included in any harbour to the exclusion of the justices in petty sessions.

118 Expenses of local authority.U.K.

All expenses incurred by any local authority in carrying into effect the execution of this Act in Ireland including the salary and expenses of any officer directed by them to act under this Act, shall be paid out of the local rate. The local rate shall for the purposes of this Act mean as follows; that is to say,

• In the city of Dublin, the borough fund or borough rate;

• In urban sanitary districts where the urban sanitary authority are the local authority, any fund, moneys, or rate applicable or leviable by such authority for any purposes of improvement within their district;

• In harbours, any moneys, fund, or rate applicable or leviable by the harbour authority for any harbour purposes; and

• In any places where the justices in petty sessions are the local authority, the poor rates:

And the local rate or any increase of the local rate may, notwithstanding any limitation in any Act, be levied for the purposes of this Act.

F1119 Form of registers of store licenses and registered premises, and amount of fees, to be approved by Secretary of State.U.K.

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