Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1971

Cost of works required by orders under section 22.

23.—(1) Subject to subsection (4), where an order has been made under section 22 in respect of any level crossing, the appropriate road authority shall recoup to the Board fifty per cent, of the costs incurred by the Board in providing and maintaining any works required by the order at the level crossing.

(2) The Board shall furnish to the appropriate road authority, in such form as the Minister may require and as soon as may be after any works required by an order under section 22 have been provided, particulars of the cost of providing such works.

(3) The Board shall, as soon as may be after the end of each financial year, furnish to the appropriate road authority, in such form as the Minister may require, particulars, certified by the Board's auditors, of the cost of providing and maintaining in that year any works provided by an order under section 22.

(4) Where an order is made under section 22 and the Minister is satisfied (and so declares in the order) that the order is a direct consequence of a scheme of road improvement or new road construction carried out by a road authority, the cost of providing and maintaining any works required by the order shall be met by the road authority.

(5) In this section “works” includes everything required to be provided by an order under section 22.