References to the Local Government Board shall be construed as references to the Local Government Board for Ireland, and references to the Local Taxation Returns Acts, 1860 and 1877, shall be construed as references to subdivision (5) of Article twenty of the schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898 :

It shall not be necessary to include in or append to include in or append to the annual report of the Local Government Board for Ireland the statements as to orders and directions in respect of outdoor relief required by section twenty-one of the M1Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 2) Act, 1847, or the statement as to audit of union accounts required by section twenty of the M2Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849 :

It shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of section twenty-nine of the M3Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1847, if a general statement as to the expenditure on the relief of the poor and the total number relieved in Ireland is laid before Parliament instead of an account of the expenditure and number relieved in each union :

Subsection (1) of section one of the M4Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1914, shall be amended by the insertion of the words “or for the better administration of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts, 1838 to 1900,” after the words “present war,” and by the omission of the words “for the said purpose” :

The expression “highway authority” means the county council, county borough council, or urban district council, as the case requires.