TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 57 Power of railway undertaking to made byelaws.

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 57

Power of railway undertaking to made byelaws.

57.(1) The railway undertaking may make byelaws regulating the use and working
of, and travel on, railways, the maintenance of order on railways and railway
premises, including stations and the approaches to stations, and the conduct
of all persons, including officers and servants of the railway undertaking,
while on those premises, and in particular byelaws

(a)with respect to tickets issued for entry on railway premises or travel on
railways and evasion of payment of fares and other charges;

(b)with respect to interference with or obstruction of the working of the
railways;

(c)with respect to the smoking of tobacco in railway carriages and elsewhere
and the prevention of nuisances;

(d)with respect to the receipt and delivery of goods;

(e)for regulating the passage of bicycles and other vehicles on footways and
other premises controlled by the railway undertaking and intended for the use
of those on foot; and

(f)for regulating the parking of vehicles on railway premises.

(2) Any byelaws made under this section may provide that any persons
contravening them shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary
conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds for each offence and
in the case of a continuing offence a further penalty not exceeding five
pounds for each day after written notice of the offence from the
railway undertaking.

(3) Byelaws made under this section shall not have any force or effect unless
and until they have been confirmed by the Ministry and such byelaws shall be
published in such manner as the Ministry may direct.

(4) Byelaws made under this section shall not prejudice or affect the
operation of any byelaw made under or in pursuance of any statutory provision
by any port, harbour or sanitary authority.

(5) The production of a written or printed copy of any byelaws made under this
section, sealed with the common seal of the railway undertaking, shall be
sufficient evidence of such byelaws in any prosecution instituted thereunder.

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 57