Tourist Traffic Act , 1957

1. Construction.

1.—(1)In this Act—

“the Act of 1939” means the Tourist Traffic Act, 1939 (No. 24 of 1939);

“the Act of 1952” means the Tourist Traffic Act, 1952 (No. 15 of 1952);

“the Board” means Bord Fáilte Éireann;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

(2)The Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1955, and this Act shall be construed as one.

2. Extension of time limit on giving of guarantees under Part III of Act of 1952.

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3. Grants by the Board for interest charges on certain loans.

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4. Grants to local authorities and local development companies.

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5. Motor hotels.

5.—(1)The Act of 1939 is hereby amended as follows:

(i)by the addition to subsection (1) of section 24 (which relates to the registers to be maintained by the Board) of the following paragraph:

(ii)by the addition to section 25 (which relates to the eligibility of premises for registration) of the following paragraph:

(iii)by the insertion after section 37 of the following section:

6. Fee in the case of amended application for registration.

6.—Where—

(a)an application for registration is made to the Board under section 26 of the Act of 1939, and

(b)before a decision on the application has been reached by the Board, the application is amended so as to be for registration in a different register,

the fee paid in connection with the original application shall be applied by the Board towards the amount of the fee required under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of the said section 26 to accompany an application for registration in such different register.

7. Application for registration after refusal or cancellation of registration.

7.—Where—

(a)an application for registration is refused by the Board under paragraph (b) or paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 27 of the Act of 1939,

(b)an application for the renewal of registration is refused by the Board under paragraph (b) or paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 30 of the Act of 1939, or

(c)a registration is cancelled by the Board under paragraph (b) or paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 32 of the Act of 1952,

no application for registration of the premises in the same register by the Board may be made during the period of nine months commencing on the day of the refusal or cancellation.

8. Extension of references to premises.

8.—In Part III of the Act of 1939 and Part IV of the Act of 1952, any reference to premises shall, in a case in which there is both a main building used or intended to be used to provide accommodation or service for guests and one or more annexes or other supplementary structures to the main building used or intended to be used to provide such accommodation or service, be construed as including both a reference to the main building and a reference to such one or more annexes or supplementary structures.

9. Publication of lists of unregistered premises.

9.—(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Board may, whenever and so often as it thinks fit, publish or cause to be published a list of premises which provide accommodation for tourists but which are not registered by the Board, and may include in any such list in respect of any premises mentioned therein such information as the Board thinks proper in relation to the accommodation available, the charges made therefor and any other matters of interest to tourist.

(2)No premises shall be included in a list published pursuant to subsection (1) of this section except at the request or with the consent of the proprietor of the premises, and no information shall be given in any such list in relation to any premises mentioned therein save with the consent of the proprietor of the premises.

10. Miscellaneous amendments of Act of 1939.

10.—(1)Section 29 of the Act of 1939 is hereby amended by the deletion in subsection (1) of “in the month of October” and “in the month of November” and the substitution therefor, respectively, of “on or before the 15th day of October” and “on or before the 15th day of November”.

(2)Subsection (2) of section 33, subsection (2) of section 34, subsection (2) of section 35, subsection (2) of section 36 and subsection (2) of section 37 of the Act of 1939 are hereby amended by the addition at the end of each subsection of “together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding two pounds for every day during which the offence is continued.”

(3)Section 41 of the Act of 1939 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)in subsection (1) for “An inspector” there shall be substituted “A registration officer” and for “inspector” wherever else occurring there shall be substituted “registration officer”,

(b)in subsection (2) for “an inspector” wherever occurring there shall be substituted “a registration officer” and for “such inspector” there shall be substituted “such registration officer”,

(c)the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (3):

11. Short title and collective citation.

11.—(1)This Act may be cited as the Tourist Traffic Act, 1957.

(2)The Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1955, and this Act may be cited together as the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 to 1957.