Coast Protection Act, 1963
Bye-laws. |
22.—(1) Where the Commissioners are required by section 20 of this Act to maintain any works, they may make bye-laws for the protection of the works. | |
(2) No bye-law made under this section shall be of any force or effect unless or until it has been confirmed by the Minister for Finance. | ||
(3) Where the Minister for Finance confirms a bye-law made under this section, a notice of the confirmation shall be published in Iris Oifigiúil and in one or more newspapers circulating in the district in which the works to which the bye-law relates are situate, | ||
(4) A document purporting to be a copy of a bye-law made under this section and having endorsed on it a certificate purporting to be sealed with the seal of the Commissioners declaring it to be a true copy of the bye-law shall be received in evidence in any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in any Court as conclusive evidence of the contents of the bye-law and that it was duly made and confirmed in accordance with this section and is in force. | ||
(5) A person who, by act or omission, contravenes a bye-law made under this section and in force shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. |