Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1971
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Extension, modification and amendment of Waterford and Limerick Railway (Deviations) Act, 1851. |
31.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Act of 1851, the Board may increase the tolls which it is empowered by section 16 of that Act to demand and take in respect of traffic using the bridge mentioned in section 14 of that Act, and such tolls shall be deemed to be charges within the meaning of section 8 of the Act of 1958 and to be charges which the Board may fix, demand, take and recover under that section. | |
(2) Sections 16 and 26 of the Act of 1851 shall apply to a mechanically propelled vehicle within the meaning of section 3 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 . | ||
(3) An offence under section 26 of the Act of 1851 shall be punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the amount specified in that section. | ||
(4) Section 28 of the Act of 1851 is hereby amended by the deletion of “of Timber,”. | ||
(5) In this section “the Act of 1851” means the Waterford and Limerick Railway (Deviations) Act, 1851. |