Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Act 2018

Notice of vesting day

9. (1) The Minister shall, not later than 28 days before the vesting day—

(a) publish once each week in 2 successive weeks in Iris Oifigiúil and in at least one local newspaper and in a national daily newspaper, published in the State and circulating in the area in which any part of the route is located or, if there is no local newspaper circulating in the area concerned, in at least 2 such national daily newspapers,

(b) subject to subsection (3), give to every person appearing to the Minister, following reasonable enquiry, to be an owner, by prepaid registered letter to the address at which the owner carries on business or ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, to that address, and

(c) publish on the website of the Department,

a notice stating the information specified in subsection (2).

(2) The notice under subsection (1) shall state—

(a) the vesting day,

(b) that certain legal interests shall vest in the Minister under this Act for the purpose of the performance by the Minister of his or her functions for telecommunications purposes,

(c) that the deposited map is available for inspection as provided for by section 8 , and

(d) that any owner claiming compensation under section 4 shall submit his or her claim to the Minister at an address specified in the notice within the period specified in that section.

(3) Where, upon making reasonable enquiries, the name and address of an owner required to be given notice under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) cannot be ascertained, the notice published under paragraph (a) of that subsection shall be deemed to be notice for the purposes of the said paragraph (b).