Galway Harbour Act, 1935

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Incorporation of Acts.

3.—Subject to the specific provisions as to particular enactments made in other sections of this Act, the following enactments, so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, shall, as adapted by the law of Saorstát Eireann, be incorporated with this Act;

(a) the provisions of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 , as to:—

Construction of harbour, dock or pier, except so much of sections 8 and 9 as relates to clerks of unions, and with the substitution for the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 , in so much of section 6 as relates to the matters dealt with in the last named Act;

Accommodation for Custom House officers;

Tide gauge, etc.;

Warehouses and cranes, so that the word “quays” in section 24 shall mean quays constructed after the passing of this Act;

Rates, except sections 25 and 26;

Collection of rates;

Account of rates, except section 50;

Harbour, dock and pier master, with the addition to section 52 (powers of harbour master) of a power to give directions

(i) for regulating the speed of any vessel in the Harbour;

(ii) for regulating the order in which vessels entering the Harbour at short intervals of one another and using the same berth shall discharge; and

(iii) for preventing mischief to any vessel or to the Harbour or to any property of the Board;

Discharge of cargoes and removal of goods;

Protection of the harbour, dock and pier;

Lighthouses, beacons and buoys;

Harbour and dock police;

Meters and weighers;

Bye-laws, except sections 85, 88 and 90; and

Access to special Act;

with the appropriate definitions for the construction of the said provisions, but so that the expression “the harbour, dock or pier” shall include the Harbour as defined by this Act, and that the word “goods” shall include live stock, minerals and merchandise of all descriptions;

(b) the provisions of the Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, as to:—

Meetings of Commissioners, except sections 36, 46, and 54, and so that the references to the appointment of Commissioners in section 52 shall include nomination by the Minister;

Contracts, with the substitution in section 57 of “two hundred and fifty pounds” for “one hundred pounds”;

Legal Proceedings, except section 61;

Officers, but, as to section 69 without prejudice to the right of the Board to require moneys received on account of rates to be paid over to the Treasurer of the Board at any time; and the clerk to the Board shall be called the Secretary;

Mortgages, except sections 84 to 87 (both inclusive);

Accounts, except sections 92, 93 and 94 (relating to audit) and with the addition to the provision in section 95 for sending a copy of the annual account in abstract to the County Registrar of a provision for sending further copies to the County Council, the Urban District Council and the Chamber of Commerce;

Notices;

with the appropriate definitions for the construction of the said provisions and the omission of references to the “limits of the Special Act.”