Damage To Property (Compensation) Act, 1923

Railway Companies not to be entitled to compensation.

8.—(1) No Railway Company shall be entitled to any compensation under the Criminal Injuries Acts or this Act in respect of any injury to which this Part of this Act applies committed against any property belonging to such Railway Company.

(2) The Minister for Finance may enter into agreements with any Railway Company or Companies for the payment, out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas, to such Company or Companies of compensation in respect of any injury to which this Part of this Act applies, or, in lieu of such compensation, for the re-instatement out of moneys aforesaid of the property damaged by such injury, and may in any such agreement provide for the ascertainment of the amount of such compensation or the nature of such re-instatement (as the case may be) and the terms and conditions on which the same is to be paid or done.

(3) No action shall lie against any Railway Company for or in respect of the loss of or damage to any property entrusted to such Railway Company for carriage or storage in any case in which such loss or damage was caused by—

(a) An injury to which this Part of this Act applies, or

(b) a wrongful act for which an application for compensation could be lodged under this Part of this Act.