18Byelaws in relation to recreational, sporting, cultural and social activities
(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, an islands or district council may make byelaws—
(a)for the regulation and preservation of ; and
(b)as regards the conduct of persons using,
any such facility in the area of the council as is mentioned in sections 15 and 16 of this Act.
(2)Byelaws made under subsection (1) above may provide that—
(a)a person contravening certain provisions of the byelaws commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 ;
(b)a person required to leave the facility by a person who is an officer of, and appropriately empowered by, the council commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50, if the requirement is not complied with ; and
(c)a person who appears to be committing or to have committed an offence under the byelaws may be removed from the facility by such officer as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above or by a constable.
(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, where byelaws made under subsection (1) above by a council would relate—
(a)to a facility ; or
(b)to land or premises,
which the council neither own nor manage and control, the agreement of the owner of, and of any person having an interest in, such facility, land or premises shall be obtained before the byelaws are so made.
(4)Where any agreement required by subsection (3) above cannot be obtained because the owner or person is unknown, cannot be found or fails to respond in any way to a request for such agreement the council may nevertheless proceed to make the byelaws if they have advertised, in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the facility or land is, or the premises are, situated, that they propose to make them and if no objection to that proposal has been forthcoming from the owner or person within one month of such advertisement.