Turf Development Act, 1946

Deposit of maps, plans, etc.

31.—(1) Not later than one month before the Board enters on any land or premises or interferes with any property or right under this Chapter, the Board shall cause maps, plans, and books of reference in relation to such land, premises, property, or right (as the case may be) to be deposited in accordance with this section.

(2) The maps and plans required by this section to be deposited by the Board shall be sufficient in quantity and character to show on adequate scales the property, corporeal or incorporeal proposed to be acquired and every interference (so far as the same can be shown on a drawing) proposed to be made with any property, corporeal or incorporeal, or any public road or bridge.

(3) The books of reference required by this section to be deposited by the Board shall contain the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of all land proposed to be acquired or otherwise affected under this Act and of all property, corporeal or incorporeal (including public roads and bridges), proposed to be in any way interfered with under this Act.

(4) The maps, plans, and books of reference required by this section to be deposited by the Board shall be deposited at the head office of the Board in the City of Dublin and at such other places as shall be prescribed and shall remain so deposited for such period as may be prescribed and shall, while so deposited, be open to inspection by any person, free of charge, between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and four o'clock in the afternoon on every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and bank holidays.

(5) As soon as may be after the deposit of any maps, plans, or books of reference in pursuance of this section, the Board shall give public notice of such deposit by advertisement published twice in each of two or more daily newspapers circulating in the City of Dublin and in such (if any) other newspapers as shall be prescribed.

(6) Every public notice given by the Board in pursuance of subsection (5) of this section shall state that the maps, plans, or books of reference to which such notice relates are open to public inspection in accordance with this section and shall state the times and places at which they are so open to inspection.