Public Works (Ireland) (No. 1) Act, 1846

Such special meeting may apply for advances for the repair or extension of any existing public works, as well as for construction of works.

4. It shall and may be lawful for any such special meeting as aforesaid, convened in the manner in the said first-recited Act or this Act prescribed, to make an application in like manner as aforesaid to the lord lieutenant for an advance as aforesaid for the alteration, extension, or improvement of any then existing public work, as fully and effectually as for the construction as aforesaid of any public work; and the provisions of the said first-recited Act shall extend and be applied to any such alteration, extension, or improvement of any existing public work, as fully and effectually as to the construction of any public work.