Street Trading Act, 1926

Adoption of this Act in boroughs and urban districts.

14.—(1) The council of any county borough (other than the County Borough of Dublin) or of any urban county district may by resolution passed after such notice as is hereinafter mentioned adopt this Act, and upon the coming into operation as hereinafter provided of such resolution this Act shall apply to such borough or urban district subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(i) references to the City of Dublin shall be construed as references to the borough or urban district of the council by whom the resolution was passed,

(ii) references to the Corporation shall be construed as references to that council,

(iii) references to the Commissioner shall be construed as references to the principal officer of the Gárda Síochána in that borough or urban district.

(2) The council of any county borough or of any urban county district which has duly adopted this Act under this section may at any time thereafter by resolution passed after such notice as is hereinafter mentioned rescind the adoption of this Act, and upon the coming into operation as hereinafter provided of such resolution this Act shall cease to apply to such borough or urban district.

(3) A resolution under this section adopting or rescinding the adoption of this Act shall not be of any force or effect unless not less than one month's notice of the meeting at which the resolution is passed and of the intention to propose the resolution thereat has been given to every member of the council and been published by advertisement in at least two newspapers circulating in the borough or urban district.

(4) Notice of the passing of a resolution under this section adopting or rescinding the adoption of this Act shall within one month after such passing be sent to the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Local Government and Public Health and be published in at least two newspapers circulating in the borough or urban district and the resolution shall come into operation on such day (not being less than one month after the first publication of such notice) as shall be specified in the resolution.

(5) The production of a copy of a newspaper in which notice of the passing of a resolution under this section is published shall until the contrary is proved be evidence that the resolution mentioned in such notice was duly passed in accordance with this section.