Public Works (Ireland) Act, 1836

Commissioners may make such bye laws for payment of tolls and use of harbours, &c. as they are enabled to do under 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 33., &c.

14. It shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners to make such bye laws, rules, and regulations for the payment of rates or tolls in and for the use and occupation of any such pier, harbour, or quay, and the preservation and safe keeping of the same, such bye laws, rules, and regulations not being contrary to the laws or statutes of this realm, as the directors of general inland navigation in Ireland were enabled to make and establish under any Act or Acts for promoting inland navigation, or as the said commissioners for the promotion and extension of public works in Ireland are now enabled to do under the provisions of the said recited Act of the first and second years of his present Majesty’s reign, vesting the powers and authorities theretofore enjoyed by the said directors general in the said commissioners; and any person or persons guilty of any breach of or offending against any such bye laws, rules, or regulations, shall and may be proceeded against, and shall incur a like penalty or forfeiture, to be levied and enforced in like manner as in the case of any person offending against the bye laws, rules or regulations at any time made by the said directors general, or by the said commissioners in respect of any canal or navigation.