S.I. No. 5/1955 - Coras Iompair Éireann (Banteer-Newmarket Railway Line) Exemption Order, 1955.

1. This Order may be cited as the Córas Iompair Éireann (Banteer-Newmarket railway line) Exemption Order, 1955.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 31st day of January, 1955.

3. Córas Iompair Éireann is hereby exempted from the obligation to operate the services of trains for passengers specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto.

4. Córas Iompair Éireann is hereby exempted from the obligation to restore all or any of the services of trains for passengers and merchandise as specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto.

5. Córas Iompair Éireann is hereby exempted from the obligation to operate the services of trains for merchandise specified in Part III of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

All services of special trains for passengers on the railway line between Banteer and Newmarket in the County of Cork which were in operation immediately before the first day of June, 1950.

PART II.

All or any services of trains for passengers and merchandise on the railway line between Banteer and Newmarket in the County of Cork which were temporarily discontinued under the Emergency Powers (Córas Iompair Éireann) (Reduction of Railway Services) Order, 1944.

PART III.

All services of special trains for merchandise on the railway line between Banteer and Newmarket in the County of Cork save and except the services of special trains on the said railway line for the conveyance of cattle from fairs, which were in operation immediately before the first day of June, 1950.

Dated this 12th day of January, 1955.

J. P. BEDDY,

Chairman,

The Transport Tribunal

C. K. McGRATH,

Secretary,

The Transport Tribunal.

WHEREAS Córas Iompair Éireann applied on the 1st day of October, 1952, and the 17th day of August, 1953, to the Transport Tribunal for Exemption Orders pursuant to

Section 55

of the

Transport Act, 1950

(No. 12 of 1950) in respect of the railway line between Banteer and Newmarket and the services of trains thereon

AND WHEREAS Notices of said applications were duly published in the manner and at the times directed by the said Tribunal

AND WHEREAS four objections by interested parties to the making of the Orders applied for were received by the said Tribunal, but one of these objections was subsequently withdrawn

AND WHEREAS the said Tribunal held Sittings for hearing of the said objectors and the Board on the 2nd and 3rd days of February, 1954, due notice whereof was given to the said parties

AND WHEREAS after hearing at the said Sittings such of the said objectors as attended before them and also the Board the said Tribunal decided to make two of the Orders applied for without any modification and without any limitation as to the period of their operation and the said Tribunal decided to make the other Order applied for but with the modification specified in Part III of the Schedule hereto and without any limitation as to the period of its operation

NOW, WE, THE TRANSPORT TRIBUNAL, in exercise of the powers conferred on us by

Section 55

of the

Transport Act, 1950

(No. 12 of 1950) hereby order as follows :—