S.I. No. 176/1984 - Wicklow Harbour Works Order, 1984.

S.I. No. 176 of 1984.

WICKLOW HARBOUR WORKS ORDER, 1984.

I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 134 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946) and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), on the application of the Wicklow Harbour Commissioners and after due compliance with Section 136 of the Harbours Act, 1946 , hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Wicklow Harbour Works Order, 1984.

2. In this Order—

"the Minister" means the Minister for Communications;

"the Commissioners" means the Wicklow Harbour Commissioners;

"the drawings" means the drawings numbered 106/W/83 Sheets I and II dated June, 1983, and deposited by the Commissioners with the Minister in connection with their application for this Order;

"the works" means the works authorised by this Order.

3. (1) The Commissioners are hereby authorised to carry out and complete in accordance with the drawings and subject to paragraph (2) of this Article the following works in the Harbour of Wicklow:

(i) The construction of an area approximately 1,750 sq. metres (18,830 sq. feet) for temporary storage of cargo adjacent to the existing Packet Pier, Wicklow Harbour, partly by reclamation of an area of beach and partly by raising the existing ground between the road approach to the Packet Pier and existing retaining wall.

(ii) the provision of concrete paving over the whole reclaimed and raised area as detailed and shown in red on plan on Drawing No. 106/W/83 Sheet I, dated June, 1983.

(iii) The construction of a dwarf storm wall at the outer or sea edge of the storage area.

(iv) The doing of all works necessary and ancillary to the above constructions.

(2) In executing the works, the Commissioners may, with the consent in writing of the Minister, deviate laterally from the limits marked on the drawings, and may with the like consent deviate vertically from the levels of the works as shown on the drawings.

4. The works shall be completed within a period of ten years from the making of this Order.

5. The Commissioners shall take such steps (if any) as may be necessary in the course of the works for the protection of the public.

6. (1) The Commissioners may cause such public or private roads, highways, streets and footpaths as shall be in or near the intended situation of the works, to be temporarily opened up, broken up or stopped up as they shall think necessary or convenient for making or completing the works or in connection with the works or any of them, or the operations and conveniences connected therewith, or for any of the purposes of their undertaking, provided that the Commissioners shall previous to the opening up, breaking up or stopping up or otherwise interfering with the same, make and provide in lieu of such roads, highways, streets and footpaths good and sufficient means of passing and repassing or conducting traffic by roads, highways, streets and footpaths as convenient in all respects as the public and private roads, highways, streets and footpaths to be temporarily opened up, broken up or stopped up, and that on the completion of the works the Commissioners shall restore to the satisfaction of the road authority (within the meaning of the Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (No. 6 of 1974)), any road, highway, street or footpath opened up, broken up, stopped up or otherwise interfered with under this Order.

(2) The Commissioners may also cause the subsoil under public or private roads, highways, streets and footpaths and any tunnels, streams, water-courses, sewers, drains, pipes, hydrants, electric cables, wires and apparatus as shall be in or near the intended situation of the works to be either temporarily or permanently opened up, broken up, crossed, altered, extended, diverted or otherwise interfered with as they shall think necessary or convenient for making and completing the works or in connection with the works or any of them or the operations or conveniences connected therewith or for any of the purposes of their undertaking, provided that the Commissioners shall previous to opening up or otherwise interfering with the same make, in consultation with the road authority (within the meaning of the Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 ), all necessary arrangements to ensure the safety and stability of any road, highway, street or footpath the subsoil under which is opened up, broken up, crossed, altered, extended, diverted or otherwise interfered with under this Order, and provide in lieu of such tunnels, streams, water courses, sewers, drains, pipes, hydrants, electric cables, wires or apparatus, good and efficient means for conveying off the water and sewage from the adjoining or neighbouring lands and premises affected, and sufficient alternative electric cables, wires, or other apparatus for such purposes as the electric cables, wires and other apparatus so to be altered or interfered with are accustomed to serve, as convenient in all respects as the tunnels, streams, water-courses, sewers, drains, pipes, hydrants, electric cables, wires, and apparatus to be opened up, broken up, crossed, altered, extended, diverted or otherwise interfered with as aforesaid.

7. The Commissioners shall not be authorised by virtue of this Order to interfere with any work under the control of either of the following bodies, that is to day, the Electricity Supply Board or the Wicklow Urban District Council, without having obtained the previous consent in writing of such bodies or the Minister who, before giving such consent, shall consult with such bodies and consider any representations which such bodies shall make to him.

8. Subject as aforesaid, in case of any dispute or difference between the Commissioners and any person or body aggrieved by anything done or omitted to be done by the Commissioners in exercise of their powers under this Order, every such dispute or difference shall be referred, with full power to award costs, to the final decision of two arbitrators, one chosen by each party, and if the arbitrators disagree, of an umpire chosen by the arbitrators before they sit, or in the event of disagreement, by the President for the time being of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Ireland, and shall be deemed to have been so referred in pursuance of a submission by deed executed by the parties and the provisions of the Arbitration Acts, 1954 and 1980, shall apply to an arbitration under this Article.

9. Nothing in this Order shall affect any right of the State to or over foreshore or any lands which have at any time been foreshore.

10. Nothing in this Order shall authorise any interference except with the consent of An Bord Telecom with any telegraphic lines of An Bord Telecom as defined by the Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1916, or other property of An Bord Telecom, or any of the rights of An Bord Telecom under the said Acts.

11. Save as in this Order otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this Order contained shall take away, lessen, prejudice, alter or affect any of the duties, rights, privileges, property, power and authority of the Electricity Supply Board or the Wicklow Urban District Council.

12. All costs, charges, fees and expenses of or incidental to preparing and obtaining this Order or otherwise incurred in relation thereto shall be paid by the Commissioners out of their funds.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of July, 1984.

JIM MITCHELL,

Minister for Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order authorises Wicklow Harbour Commissioners to widen the Packet Pier and to carry out associated ancillary works at Wicklow Harbour.