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3.—(1) This Act applies to each of the following areas: 
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(a) the congested areas, 
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(b) any other area to which, by order of the Minister, the Act is for the time being declared to apply. 
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(2) The congested areas are— 
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(a) the counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Kerry, 
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(b) the former rural districts of Ballyvaughan, Ennistymon, Kilrush, Scariff, Tulla and Killadysert, in the county of Clare, and 
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(c) the former rural districts of Bantry, Castletown, Schull and Skibbereen, in the county of Cork. 
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(3) An area to which this Act applies is referred to as an undeveloped area. 
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