S.I. No. 259/1948 - Dublin Street Service Vehicles (Lost Property) Bye-Laws, 1948.

S.I. No. 259 of 1948.

DUBLIN STREET SERVICE VEHICLES (LOST PROPERTY) BYE-LAWS, 1948.

I, MICHAEL J. KINNANE, Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 127 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the Dublin Metropolitan Area :—

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Dublin Street Service Vehicles (Lost Property) Bye-Laws, 1948.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to these bye-laws.

3.—(1) Where a passenger leaves property in a street service vehicle the driver of the vehicle shall, within the next twenty-four hours, deposit the property at the Gárda Síochana Carriage Office, Pearse Street, Dublin (in these bye-laws referred to as the Carriage Office), unless he sooner returns it to the passenger.

(2) The time between 5·30 p.m. on a Saturday and 9·30 a.m. on the following Monday shall not be taken into account in calculating the period of twenty-four hours referred to in paragraph (1) of this bye-law.

4. The officer in charge of the Carriage Office shall arrange for the safe custody of property deposited under these bye-laws and make such special arrangements as may appear to him to be reasonable or necessary in respect of goods of a perishable or offensive nature or in respect of animals.

5. The officer in charge of the Carriage Office shall keep a record, in such form as may be approved by the Commissioner, of all goods deposited under these bye-laws.

6.—(1) Where property is deposited under these bye-laws at the Carriage Office and the officer in charge values it at less than five pounds, he shall :—

(a) retain it for thirty days unless it is sooner claimed by the owner ;

(b) return it to the owner if it is claimed by him within the thirty days ;

(c) return it to the person who deposited it, if it is not claimed by the owner within the thirty days.

(2) Subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1) of this bye-law shall not apply to goods of a perishable or offensive nature.

7.—(1) Where property is deposited under these bye-laws at the Carriage Office and the officer in charge values it at five pounds or more, he shall :—

(a) retain it for ninety days unless it is sooner claimed by the owner ;

(b) return it to the owner if it is claimed by him within the ninety days ;

(c) return it to the person who deposited it if it is not claimed by the owner within the ninety days.

(2) Subparagraph (a) of paragraph (I) of this bye-law shall not apply to goods of a perishable or offensive nature.

GIVEN under my hand this 17th day of July, 1948.

(Signed), MICHAEL J. KINNANE,

Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána.