Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000

Extinguishment of easements.

13.—(1) Where any land held by the Minister for the purposes of either or both the Principal Act and this Act or partly for any of those purposes is subject to any easements, the Minister may, whenever the Minister thinks proper, make an order (in this section referred to as an “extinguishment order”) extinguishing such easements or any one or more of them.

(2) The provisions of section 12 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply in relation to any extinguishment order proposed to be made by the Minister under subsection (1) in the same manner as if the Minister were creating a right of way over such land under that section.

(3) In this section, the word “easement” includes any profit á prendre or other right in or over land.