Shannon Act, 1885

Incorporation of certain provisions of 10 & 11 Vict c. 27.

11. In the application of this Act in the case of any pier authority there shall be incorporated with this Act the following provisions and sections of the Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847, so far as those provisions and sections are applicable to and not inconsistent with or modified by this Act or the order committing the maintenance of any one or more of the said piers to such authority as aforesaid; that is to say,

(1.) Section twenty-eight, relating to the exemption of certain vessels, persons, and things, from the liability to be charged with rates and to be regulated and controlled under the said Act or the special Act; and

(2.) The provisions with respect to the collection and recovery of rates, excepting sections thirty-five and thirty-six; and

(3.) Sections seventy-four, seventy-five, and seventy-six, relating to the liability for any damage done, and the recovery of the amount of such damage; and

(4.) The provisions with respect to the byelaws to be made by the undertakers; and

(5.) The provisions with respect to the recovery of damages not specially provided for, and of penalties, and to the determination of any other matter referred to justices:

and in the construction of the said provisions and sections for the purpose of such incorporation, the “special Act” shall be deemed to be this Act and the said order; and the “harbour, dock, or pier” shall be the pier or piers whereof the maintenance is committed by the said order to such pier authority as aforesaid; and the “undertakers” shall be the said pier authority; and the word “rate” shall include any such toll as is mentioned in this Act.