Dublin Port and Docks (Bridges) Act, 1929

Power to Minister for Industry and Commerce to remove abandoned or decayed works.

43.—(1) Where any of the works authorised by this Act constructed on in over through or across any tidal lands or tidal water is abandoned by the Board or allowed by them to fall into decay and such abandonment or decay is in the opinion of the Minister for Industry and Commerce dangerous or likely to be dangerous to navigation the Minister for Industry and Commerce may at the cost of the Board—

(a) remove such work or any part thereof, and

(b) restore the site thereof to its condition prior to the construction of such work thereon.

(2) The amount of any such cost as aforesaid shall be a debt due by the Board to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and shall be recoverable by him as a civil debt and shall be payable out of the Port Fund.