Default powers of Department as to bye-lawsN.I.
47.—(1) If a district council, when required by the Department to make bye-laws as respects any land to which Article 46 (1) applies, does not within three months after being so required comply with the requirement to the satisfaction of the Department, the Department may itself make bye-laws as respects that land.
(2) Before making any bye-laws under this Article the Department shall—
(a)cause the proposed bye-laws to be made known in the locality to which they relate; and
(b)give an opportunity for objections to be made to the proposed bye-laws; and
(c)receive and consider all objections made,
and may cause a local inquiry to be held.
(3) Any bye-laws made by the Department under this Article shall have effect as if they had been made by the district council and confirmed by the Department, and the provisions of this Order and of Part VI of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall have effect in relation to the bye-laws accordingly.