This Act in its application to Ireland shall be subject to the following modifications (that is to say):—
(1)The reference to the Minister of Health shall be construed as a reference to the Local Government Board for Ireland:
(2)The expenses incurred by a county council shall be raised as a county at large charge :
(3)The reference to section sixty-nine of the Local Government Act, 1888, shall be construed as a reference to article twenty-two of the schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898, and the reference to section eighty-seven of the said Act shall be construed as a reference to article thirty-two of the said schedule, and any other references to the said Act shall be construed as a reference to the [61 & 62 Vict. c. 37.] Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 :
(4)The reference to the Public Health Acts, 1875 to 1908, shall be construed as a reference to the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1918.