River Moy Harbour Works Order, 1969.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the River Moy Harbour Works Order, 1969.
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paragraphs: In this Order—
" the Minister " means the Minister for Transport and Power;
" the Commissioners " means the River Moy Commissioners;
" local authority " has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941);
" the plan " means the plan deposited by the Commissioners with the Minister in connection with their application for this Order;
" the works " means the works authorised by this Order.
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paragraphs: (1) The Commissioners are hereby authorised to carry out and complete in accordance with the plan and subject to paragraph (2) of this article the following works :—
(i) the removal of the existing timber portion of a quay at Ballina, its replacement by a mass concrete structure, and the re-surfacing in concrete of the adjacent quay;
(ii) the construction in mass concrete of new jetties, each 22 feet long at Ballina Quay, and the re-surfacing in concrete of portions of the adjacent quay deck.
(2) In executing the works, the Commissioners may, with the consent in writing of the Minister, deviate laterally from the limitsmarked on the plan, and may, with the like consent, deviate vertically from the levels of the works as shown on the plan.
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paragraphs: The works shall be completed within two years from the making of this Order.
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paragraphs: The Commissioners shall take such steps (if any) as may be necessary in the course of the works for the protection of the public.
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paragraphs: (1) The Commissioners may cause such public or private roads, highways, streets and footpaths, as shall be in or near the intended situation of the works to be temporarily opened up, broken up or stopped up as they shall think necessary or convenient for making or completing the works or in connection with the works or any of them or the operations and conveniences connected therewith or for any of the purposes of their undertaking, provided that the Commissioners do previous to the opening up, breaking up or stopping up or otherwise interfering with the same make and provide in lieu of such roads, highways, streets and footpaths good and sufficient means of passing and repassing or conducting traffic by roads, highways, streets and footpaths as convenient in all respect as the public and private roads, highways, streets and footpaths to be temporarily opened up, broken up or stopped up and that, on the completion of the works, the Commissioners do restore, to the satisfaction of the road authority (within the meaning of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946) ), any road, highway, street or footpath opened up, broken up, stopped up or otherwise interfered with under this Order.
(2) The Commissioners may also cause the subsoil under public or private roads, highways, streets and footpaths and any railway-sidings, tunnels, streams, watercourses, sewers, drains, pipes, hydrants, electric cables, wires and apparatus as shall be in or near the intended situation of the works to be either temporarily or permanently opened up, broken up, crossed, altered, extended, diverted or otherwise interfered with as they shall think necessary or convenient for making and completing the works or in connection with the works or any of them or the operations or conveniences connected therewith or for any of the purposes of their undertaking, provided that the Commissioners do previous to opening up or otherwise interfering with the same make, in consultation with the road authority (within the meaning of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946) ), all necessary arrangements to ensure the safety and stability of any road, highway, street or footpath the subsoil under which is opened up, broken up, crossed, altered, extended, diverted or otherwise interfered with under this Order and provide in lieu of such railway-sidings, tunnels, streams, watercourses, sewers, drains, pipes, hydrants,electric cables, wires or apparatus, good and sufficient means of passing and repassing or conducting traffic by railways or sidings and good and efficient means for conveying off the water and sewage from the adjoining or neighbouring lands and premises affected and sufficient alternative electric cables, wires or other apparatus for such purposes as the electric cables, wires and other apparatus so to be. altered or interfered with are accustomed to serve, as convenient in all respects as the tunnels, streams, watercourses, railway-sidings, sewers, drains, pipes, hydrants, electric cables, wires and apparatus to be opened up, broken up, crossed, altered, extended, diverted or otherwise interfered with as aforesaid.
(3) References in this Article to a road authority, in relation to a road, highway, street or footpath, are references to the road authority in whose functional area the road, highway, street or footpath is situate.
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paragraphs: Before interfering under this Order with any works under the control of a local authority the Commissioners shall give three weeks previous notice in writing to such local authority of the nature of their intended interference and the Commissioners shall exercise their powers in respect of any such works to the reasonable satisfaction of such local authority.
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paragraphs: The Commissioners shall not be authorised by virtue of this Order to interfere with any work under the control of either of the following bodies, that is to say, the Electricity Supply Board or Coras Iompair Eireann without having obtained the previous consent in writing of such body or of the Minister who, before giving such consent, shall consult with the Electricity Supply Board or with Coras Iompair Eireann and consider any representations which such body shall make to him.
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paragraphs: Subject as aforesaid in case of any dispute or difference between the Commissioners and any person or body aggrieved by anything done or omitted to be done by the Commissioners in exercise of their powers under this Order every such dispute or difference shall be referred, with full power to award costs, to the final decision of two arbitrators, one chosen by each party, and, if the arbitrators disagree, of an umpire chosen by the arbitrators before they sit, or in the event of disagreement, by the President for the time being of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, and shall be deemed to have been so referred in pursuance of a submission by deed executed by the parties.
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paragraphs: Nothing in this Order shall affect any right of the State to or over foreshore or any lands which have at any time been foreshore.
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paragraphs: Nothing in this Order shall authorise any interference except by consent of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs with any telegraphic lines of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs as defined by the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953, or other property of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, or any of the rights of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs under the said Acts.
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paragraphs: Save as in this Order otherwise expressly provided nothing in this Order contained shall take away, lessen, prejudice, alter or affect any of the duties, rights, privileges, property, power and authority of the Electricity Supply Board or CÃ³ras Iompair Ãireann.
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paragraphs: All costs, charges, fees and expenses of or incidental to preparing and obtaining this Order or otherwise incurred in relation thereto shall be paid by the Commissioners out of their funds.