s 134 Definitions.
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires— “ Appointed day ” means the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Enactment ” includes any public general, local or private Act and any rule, regulation, byelaw, order, or award made under any Act: . . . “ Functions ” includes powers and duties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Local Act ” includes a Provisional Order confirmed by Act of Parliament: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Minister ” means the Minister of Health: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Property ” and “ liabilities ” have the same meanings as in the Local Government Act, 1888: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Rate ” has the same meaning as in the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ 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: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Sinking fund ” includes any fund for the redemption of debt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Water-rate ” means any rate or other charge payable by consumers for the supply of water: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .