Cork Milling Company Railway Act, 1935.

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Regulations for use of electrical power.

31.—(1) The exercise of the powers conferred by this Act with respect to the use of electrical power shall be in accordance with regulations made by the Minister under this Act.

(2) The Minister may by order after consultation with the Electricity Supply Board make regulations and may from time to time after like consultation rescind, modify or add to such regulations, for the purpose of securing that electrical power shall be used, under the powers conferred by this Act, with all reasonable and proper precautions against danger to the public or damage to the property of any company, body or person.

(3) The Minister shall in making such regulations and in rescinding, altering or adding to same, have regard to the expense occasioned thereby to the Company and to the effect thereof on the financial prospects of the railway.

(4) The Company or any other company, body or person using electrical power contrary to the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and also in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding five pounds for every day during which such offence continues after conviction thereof; provided always that whether such penalty has been recovered or not the Minister may, in case in his opinion the Company or any company, body or person using electrical power have or has made default in complying with the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder or in case he is satisfied that the use of such power is a danger to the public, by order direct the Company or such company, body or person to cease to exercise the powers conferred by this Act with respect to the use of electrical power and thereupon the Company or such company, body or person shall cease to exercise the same or any of the same unless with the consent of the Minister which he is hereby authorised to give by order and subject to such terms and conditions as he may think fit.