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PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1907 - SECT 76

76.(1) The Local Government Board for Ireland, for the purposes of this
section, may make rules prescribing restrictions or conditions subject to
which any powers conferred by the section shall with respect to any area in a
public park or pleasure ground be exercisable in relation to the enclosure or
setting apart of the area, or in relation to the use of the area as the site
of a building or convenience.

Subject to the restrictions or conditions prescribed by rules made under this
section, the [district council] shall, in addition to any powers under any
general Act, have the following powers with respect to any public park or
pleasure ground provided by them or under their management and control,
namely, powers

(a)To enclose during time of frost any part of the park or ground for the
purpose of protecting ice for skating, and charge admission to the part
inclosed, but only on condition that at least three-quarters of the ice
available for the purpose of skating is open to the use of the public free of
charge;

(b)To set apart any such part of the park or ground as may be fixed by the
[district council], and may be described in a notice board affixed or set up
in some conspicuous position in the park or ground for the purpose of cricket,
football, or any other game or recreation, and to exclude the public from the
part set apart while it is in actual use for that purpose;

(c)To provide any apparatus for games and recreations, and charge for the use
thereof, or let the right of providing any such apparatus for any term not
exceeding three years to any person;

Paras.(d) and (e) rep. by 1966 c.38 (NI) sch.28 sch.3

(f)To place, or authorise any person to place, chairs, or seats in any such
park or ground, and charge for, or authorise any person to charge for, the use
of the chairs so provided;

(g)To provide and maintain any reading rooms, pavilions, or other buildings
and conveniences, and to charge for admission thereto, subject in the case of
reading rooms to the limitation that such a charge shall not be made on more
than twelve days in any one year, nor on more than four consecutive days;

Para.(h) rep. by 1966 c.38 (NI) s.28 sch.3

(i)To provide and maintain refreshment rooms in any such park, and either
manage them themselves, or, if they think fit, let them to any person for any
term not exceeding three years.

Subs.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; subs.(3) spent

(4) No power given by this section shall be exercised in such a manner as to
contravene any covenant or condition subject to which a gift or lease of a
public park or pleasure ground has been accepted or made, without the consent
of the donor, grantor, lessor, or other person or persons entitled in law to
the benefit of such covenant or condition.

S.77 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

Regulations as to street traffic.

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