# Explosives Act 1875, Section 117: Power of certain local bodies to become a local authority.


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/38-39/17/section/117 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-act-1875/section-117
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