The Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Application of 1847 Act to certain ferry landing places

106.—(1) The Harbour, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847(1) (except sections 6 to 13, 15 to 24, 37 to 42, 45, 49, 50, 54, 55, 66 to 68, 79 to 82, 84 to 90, 92, 97 and 98) shall, subject to the following provisions of this Article, apply to a ferry landing place which is not situated within, or immediately adjacent to waters within, the limits within which a harbour authority may exercise its functions as if—

(a) it were a harbour constructed in pursuance of an Act which incorporated that Act;

(b) this Part were the special Act for the purposes of that Act;

(c) the Department were the undertakers for those purposes;

(d) references to “the prescribed limits” were references to the limits specified under paragraph (2),

and references in the following provisions of this Article and in Article 107 to the 1847 Act are references to that Act as applied by this paragraph.

(2) The Department may by order specify in relation to a ferry landing place mentioned in paragraph (1) the limits which are to be the prescribed limits for the purposes of the 1847 Act.

(3) Nothing in this Part or in any provision of the 1847 Act shall be construed as prejudicing the rights of any person who has an estate in land within any limits specified under paragraph (2).

(4) The purposes for which byelaws may be made under section 83 of the 1847 Act shall include regulating the places within the limits specified under paragraph (2) in relation to a ferry landing place to which members of the public may be admitted, the times during which members of the public may be admitted to such places and the conduct of members of the public when so admitted.

(5) Paragraphs (2) to (4) of Article 102 shall apply to byelaws under section 83 of the 1847 Act as they apply to byelaws under that Article, but with the substitution in paragraph (3) for the reference to the road ferry service of a reference to the ferry landing place.

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1847 c. 27