Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“Bye-laws - light railway

5. Section 66 (inserted by section 134 of the Railway Safety Act 2005) of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 is amended—

(a) in subsection (4)—

(i) by substituting for paragraph (a) the following:

“(a) the National Roads Authority or the undertaking, as the case may be, shall, publish notice of the proposal—

(i) on its website, and

(ii) in at least 2 national newspapers circulating within the State or in the area to which the bye-laws relate,”,

and

(ii) in paragraph (b), by substituting for subparagraph (ii) the following:

“(ii) an intimation that—

(I) a copy of the draft bye-laws is open for public inspection at the principal offices in the State of the National Roads Authority or the undertaking, as the case may be, and

(II) that the draft bye-laws are published on the National Roads Authority’s or the undertaking’s, as the case may be, website, and”,

and

(b) by inserting after subsection (4) the following:

“(4A) The National Roads Authority or the undertaking shall publish on its website bye-laws made by it under this section. The failure to publish such bye-laws is not a defence to a contravention of or failure to comply with such bye-laws.”.”.