Phoenix Park Act 1860

PHOENIX PARK ACT 1860

CAP. XLII.

An Act to vest the Management of the Phænix Park in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. [23d July 1860.]

14 & 15 Vict. c. 42.

WHEREAS under the Act of the Session holden in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty-two, the Management of the Phænix Park in Ireland is vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings constituted by the said Act, but no other Possessions of the Crown in Ireland are now under the Management of the said Commissioners: And whereas under Authority delegated by the said Commissioners, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland have, since the Thirty-first Dry of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty, acted in the Management of the said Phænix Park, and it is expedient that the Duties and Powers in relation thereto should be transferred to such last-named Commissioners:’ Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

The Management of the Phænix Park vested in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

I. All the Dudes and Powers of Management, and all other Duties and Powers of and in relation to the Phænix Park, which if this Act had not been passed should have been performed and exercised by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings for the Time being, shall be performed and exercised by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland for the Time being; and the Duties and Powers transferred by this Act shall be deemed to have been vested in such last-named Commissioners from the Thirty-first Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty; and all Acts of the said Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland in relation to the said Park shall have Effect and Validity accordingly.