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INLAND NAVIGATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 7



7.(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Lagan Navigation Acts, the Ministry may
on or after the vesting date, subject to the provisions of this section, make
bye-laws for the management and control of the Lower Reaches and the
regulation of traffic thereon, and such bye-laws may, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing words, make provision for

(a)the imposition in respect of contraventions of the bye-laws, of fines not
exceeding five pounds for any offence or two pounds for each day on which an
offence is continued; and

(b)the summary recovery of such fines.

(2) Before making any bye-laws under this section the Ministry shall publish
in the Belfast Gazette, and in two or more daily newspapers circulating in
Northern Ireland, a notice

(a)stating its intention to make bye-laws on the expiration of one month from
the date of the publication of the notice, or such longer period as may be
specified in the notice;

(b)setting forth the place where and the time within which copies of the draft
of the proposed bye-laws may be obtained; and

(c)stating the time within which objections are to be lodged with the
Ministry.

(3) On the expiration of the period set forth in the notice the Ministry may
make the proposed bye-laws but before doing so shall take into consideration
any objections duly lodged under the last preceding sub-section.

(4) Any bye-laws in force immediately before the vesting date with respect to
the Lower Reaches shall have effect as if they had been duly made under this
section and shall continue in force until varied or revoked thereunder.

S.8 spent

Disposal by the Ministry of surplus property.



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