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Liffey Reservoir Act, 1936

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Number 54 of 1936.

LIFFEY RESERVOIR ACT, 1936.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Part I.

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.

Section

1.

Short title.

2.

Definitions.

3.

The Scheduled Agreement.

4.

Expenses.

Part II.

ADVANCES TO THE BOARD.

5.

Advances under the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1931.

Part III.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.

6.

Power of the Board to generate electricity.

7.

General powers of the Board.

8.

Powers of the Board in relation to the acquisition of land.

9.

Ascertainment of price or compensation.

10.

Execution of works by the Board in lieu of compensation.

11.

Deposit of plans, etc.

12.

Right of the Board to information from rate books.

13.

Exemption of the Liffey works from rates.

14.

Protection of postal and telegraphic services as against the Board.

15.

Protection of public roads and bridges as against the Board.

16.

Protection of fisheries.

Part IV.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CORPORATION.

17.

Application of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, to the Scheduled Agreement.

18.

Incorporation of the waterworks with existing waterworks of the Corporation.

19.

Power of the Corporation to take possession of land before conveyance.

20.

Provision of accommodation for the washing of sheep.

21.

Execution of works by the Corporation in lieu of compensation.

22.

Application of section 2 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1896.

23.

Supply of water to districts in Dublin and Kildare.

24.

Extension of the borrowing powers of the Corporation.

25.

Right of the Corporation to information from rate books.

26.

Making of bye-laws by the Corporation.

27.

Protection of postal and telegraphic services as against the Corporation.

28.

Protection of public roads and bridges as against the Corporation.

SCHEDULE.

Acts Referred to

Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927

No. 27 of 1927

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1931

No. 32 of 1931

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1934

No. 6 of 1934

Shannon Fisheries Act, 1935

No. 4 of 1935

Local Government Act, 1925

No. 5 of 1925

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Number 54 of 1936.

LIFFEY RESERVOIR ACT, 1936.

AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD TO IMPOUND THE WATERS OF THE RIVER LIFFEY AND GENERATE ELECTRICITY BY HYDRAULIC POWER DERIVED FROM THE WATERS SO IMPOUNDED, AND TO TRANSMIT, DISTRIBUTE, SELL, AND SUPPLY THE ELECTRICITY SO GENERATED, AND TO EMPOWER THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF DUBLIN TO TAKE FOR THEIR WATER SUPPLY PORTION OF THE WATERS SO IMPOUNDED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR DIVERS MATTERS ANCILLARY TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID, AND ALSO TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE SUMS WHICH MAY BE ADVANCED TO THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND. [28th November, 1936.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—