Dundalk Harbour and Port Act, 1925

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For protection of B. O'Rourke and Company Limited.

95.—The following provisions for the protection of B. O'Rourke and Company Limited and their successors and assigns and others the owners or occupiers for the time being of the quay, wharf, railways, works and other property now owned by the said B. O'Rourke and Company Limited at Dundalk Harbour shall apply and have effect:—

1. The Commissioners shall at all times hereafter afford B. O'Rourke and Company Limited for the berthing of ships and the loading and discharge of same such use of cranes and access to the quay fronting the premises of B. O'Rourke and Company Limited and every part thereof as they shall reasonably require in priority to all other users in accordance with regulations to be made by the Commissioners with the reasonable approval of B. O'Rourke and Company Limited. Such regulations in the event of dispute shall be settled by arbitration:

2. If the Commissioners shall under the powers conferred by this Act interfere with the lines of rail at present used by B. O'Rourke and Company Limited in respect of the premises or in any way interfere with the rail facilities at present enjoyed by B. O'Rourke and Company Limited the Commissioners shall construct and maintain in connection with the rails of the Dundalk Newry and Greenore Railway Company and the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) a line of rails along the quay front from the quay fronting the premises of B. O'Rourke and Company Limited whether the same be acquired by the Commissioners or not and shall at all times hereafter afford B. O'Rourke and Company Limited full facilities for carriage of goods of all descriptions to and from the premises and every part thereof whether such goods have passed or are intended to pass through the port of Dundalk or not and the said B. O'Rourke and Company Limited shall pay any tolls lawfully payable in respect of such goods.