Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898

As to marine works constructed by Congested Districts Board or Board of Works or at county expense.

52 & 60 Vict. c. 34.

6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 116.

9 & 10 Vict. c. 3.

16 & 17 Vict. c. 136.

18.(1) The council of any county may, if they think fit, agree with the Congested Districts Board for Ireland to take over from that board any marine work in the county constructed or acquired by such board, and agree with the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to take over any marine work constructed or acquired by those Commissioners under the Railways (Ireland) Act, 1896, and upon any such agreement the work shall become the public property of the county, subject nevertheless to the payment of compensation to any person other than the Congested Districts Board or the said Commissioners in like manner as if the same had been taken by the county council under the authority of a Provisional Order duly confirmed in pursuance of this Act.

(2) Where any marine work becomes vested in a county council under this section, or is or becomes public property under section sixty-eight of the Grand Juries Act, 1836, the provisions of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1846, and the Grand Juries Act, 1853, relative to maintenance and repair, and to tolls and rates, and to byelaws, rates, orders, and regulations, and otherwise, shall apply to such work as if it had been constructed by the Commissioners of Public Works under the said Act of 1846, and become the public property of the county under the said Act of 1853.

(3) The provisions of the said Acts and of this section respecting maintenance and repair shall extend to reconstruction according to the original or any new plan.

(4) For the purposes of this section, “marine work” means any harbour, dock, pier, quay, wharf, beacon, light, or other similar work, and includes the approaches to any marine work as above defined, and all land and property used in connexion therewith.