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Uimhir 41 de 1960.
AN tACHT IOMPAIR, 1960.
[An tiontú oifigiúil.]
An Chanáil Ríoga a dhúnadh.
1.—(1) San alt seo—
ciallaíonn “an Bord” Córas Iompair Éireann;
ciallaíonn “an Chanáil” an Chanáil Ríoga.
(2) Féadfaidh an Bord an Chanáil nó aon chuid di a dhúnadh in aghaidh loingseoireachta.
(3) Ní dhúnfaidh an Bord an Chanáil ná aon chuid di mura mbeidh an Bord, dhá mhí ar a laghad sula ndéanfaidh sé sin, tar éis fógra á rá go bhfuil ar intinn aige sin a dhéanamh a fhoilsiú san Iris Oifigiúil agus i cibé nuachtáin a léitear sa cheantar ina bhfuil an Chanáil nó an chuid sin agus is cuí leis an mBord.
(4) Ní dhéanfaidh dúnadh na Canáile nó aon choda di an Bord a scaoileadh ó aon oibleagáidí (lena n-áirítear oibleagáidí maidir le tuiliú a chosc nó le siltean) a bheidh ar an mBord maidir leis an gCanáil nó leis an gcuid, seachas an oibleagáid í a choimeád ar oscailt agus ar staid cheart chun loingseoireachta.
(5) Tar éis an Chanáil nó aon chuid di a dhúnadh féadfaidh an Bord agus an t-údarás bóthair ar laistigh dá limistéar feidhmiúcháin atá aon droichead thar an gCanáil nó thar an gcuid comhaontú a dhéanamh chun an droichead agus an oibleagáid é a chothabháil a aistriú chun an údaráis bhóthair sin, agus féadfaidh sé an comhaontú sin a chur i gcrích.
(6) Is feidhm fhorcoimeádta chun críocha na n-achtachán a bhaineann le húdarás bóthair feidhmeanna an údaráis sin faoi fho-alt (5) den alt seo.
(7) Ní bheidh feidhm ag alt 23 den Acht Iompair, 1958, maidir leis an gCanáil.
Gearrtheideal.
2.—Féadfar an tAcht Iompair, 1960, a ghairm den Acht seo.
Number 41 of 1960.
TRANSPORT ACT, 1960.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Act Referred to | |
1958, No. 19 | |
Number 41 of 1960.
TRANSPORT ACT, 1960.
Closing of Royal Canal.
1.—(1) In this section—
“the Board” means Córas Iompair Éireann;
“the Canal” means the Royal Canal.
(2) The Board may close to navigation the Canal or any part thereof.
(3) The Board shall not close the Canal or any part thereof unless, at least two months before doing so, the Board has published in Iris Oifigiúil and in such newspapers, circulating in the district in which the Canal or the part is situate, as the Board thinks proper, notice of its intention to do so.
(4) The closure of the Canal or any part thereof shall not release the Board from any obligations (including obligations in regard to drainage or the prevention of flooding) to which the Board may be liable in regard to the Canal, or the part, other than the obligation to keep it open and in a fit condition for navigation.
(5) After the closure of the Canal or any part thereof the Board and the road authority within whose functional area any bridge over the Canal or the part is situate may enter into an agreement for the transfer of the bridge and the obligation to maintain it to that road authority, and may carry such agreement into effect.
(6) The functions of a road authority under subsection (5) of this section shall be a reserved function for the purposes of the enactments relating to that authority.
(7) Section 23 of the Transport Act, 1958, shall not apply in relation to the Canal.
Short title.
2.—This Act may be cited as the Transport Act, 1960.