Local Government (Sanitary Services) (Joint Burial Boards) Act, 1952
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No. 22/1952: LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SANITARY SERVICES) (JOINT BURIAL BOARDS) ACT, 1952 |
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS |
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AN ACT TO REMOVE DOUBTS AS TO THE POWER OF JOINT BURIAL BOARDS TO ACQUIRE LAND COMPULSORILY. |
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[10th December, 1952] |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— |
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| Definition of joint burial board. |
1.—In this Act the expression "joint burial board" means the governing body of a united district formed under the provisions of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 which possesses the powers and is subject to the duties conferred and imposed on a burial board by the said Act. |
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| Compulsory acquisition of land by a joint burial board. |
2.—In order to remove doubts it is hereby declared that the powers of a joint burial board include and have always included the powers of a sanitary authority acting as burial board for a sanitary district to acquire land compulsorily for the purposes of providing a new burial ground or making additions to a burial ground, and that every enactment which enables or for the time being enabled a sanitary authority so acting to acquire land compulsorily for such purposes is and has been applicable to a joint burial board and that such powers are and were exercisable accordingly. |
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| Short title, construction and collective citation. |
3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Sanitary Services) (Joint Burial Boards) Act, 1952 . |
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(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1948. |
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(3) The Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1948 and this Act may be cited together as the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1952. |
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