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S.I. No. 314/1994 - Shannon Navigation (Extension of Limits of Navigation) Bye-Laws, 1994.

S.I. No. 314 of 1994.

SHANNON NAVIGATION (EXTENSION OF LIMITS OF NAVIGATION) BYE-LAWS, 1994.

WHEREAS the limits of the river Boyle in the county of Roscommon for the purposes of the Act of the British Parliament 2 and 3 Vict., c. 61, as amended, and the Shannon Navigation Act, 1990 , stand fixed and determined under the first-mentioned Act as the part of the river Boyle between Lough Key and the downstream face of Drum Bridge situated in the townlands of Drum and Deerpark in the county of Roscommon;

AND WHEREAS the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland propose by these Bye-laws to fix and determine the limits of the said river Boyle so as to extend the limits fixed and determined as aforesaid to include the part of a branch of the said river Boyle in the townlands of Tawneytaskin and Deerpark in the county of Roscommon between a point 420 metres downstream of the said Drum Bridge and a point 200 metres east of the National Primary Rouute N4 in the said townland of Deerpark.

NOW the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 39 of the Act of the British Parliament 2 and 3 Vict., c. 61 and section 3 of the Shannon Navigation Act, 1990 (No. 20 of 1990), hereby make the following Bye-laws.

1. These Bye-laws may be cited as the Shannon Navigation (Extension of Limits of Navigation) Bye-laws, 1994.

2. These Bye-laws shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1994.

3. The limits of the river Boyle in the county of Roscommon are hereby fixed and determined for the purposes of the Shannon Act and the Shannon Navigation Act, 1990 (No. 20 of 1990), as—

( a ) the part of that river between Lough Key and the downstream face of Drum Bridge situated in the townlands of Drum and Deerpark in the county of Roscommon, and

( b ) the part of the branch of that river in the townlands of Tawneytaskin and Deerpark in the county of Roscommon between a point 420 metres downstream from the said Drum Bridge and a point 200 metres east of National Primary Route N4 in the said townland of Deerpark.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, this 22nd day of June, 1994.

M. CADEN,

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 3 (3) of the Shannon Navigation Act, 1990 empowers the Commissioners of Public Works to make Bye-laws extending the limits of the Navigation which are determined by the Act of the British Parliament 2 and 3 Vict., c. 61, as amended. This Bye-law extends the limits of the Navigation along a tributary of the river Boyle from a point 420 metres downstream of Drum Bridge to a point 200 metres east of the National Primary Route N4 at Deerpark and so brings this section of the river within the scope of Shannon legislation.