Curragh of Kildare Act, 1961

Bye-laws in relation to Curragh.

16.—(1) The Minister may make such bye-laws as he thinks fit in relation to the Curragh and the use and management thereof.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, bye-laws under that subsection may make provision in relation to the Curragh with respect to all or any of the following matters:

(a) the prevention of trespass by animals,

(b) the prevention of the unauthorised raising, taking or carrying away of sand, gravel, stone, clay, turf or any other substance,

(c) the prevention of the passage of vehicles other than on the public roads,

(d) the prevention of damage to or interference with any notice, post, railing, chain, fence or fitting or property of any kind,

(e) the marking of sheep and the prevention of the grazing of sheep not marked in the manner and with the marks prescribed by, and otherwise in accordance with, the bye-laws,

(f) the prevention of encroachment or nuisance or acts or omissions likely to cause damage or injury to property or persons.

(3) A person who contravenes a bye-law under this section that is stated to be a penal bye-law shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds for each day or part of a day during which the offence was continued and not exceeding one hundred pounds in all.

(4) The bye-laws made on the 4th day of December, 1868, under the Act of 1868, shall, notwithstanding the repeal of that Act, continue in force until the coming into operation of bye-laws in relation to the Curragh made by the Minister under this section or, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, under the State Property Act, 1954 , and the bye-laws made under the Act of 1868 may be enforced by the Minister and the penalties provided thereunder may be recovered by summary proceedings in the District Court.

(5) Every bye-law under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the bye-law is passed by either such House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the bye-law is laid before it, the bye-law shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder.