S.I. No. 173/1958 - Transport Act, 1958 (Markets and Fairs) Order, 1958.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Transport Act, 1958

(Markets and Fairs) Order, 1958.

2.—(1) The following markets and fairs are hereby specified for the purposes of

section 27

of the

Transport Act, 1958

(No. 19 of 1958), namely—

(

a

) every market established pursuant to section 103 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878,

(

b

) every market and fair established pursuant to a local or private enactment,

(

c

) every market and fair established under charter,

which is wholly or mainly for sale and purchase of livestock.

(2) In this Article " charter " has the same meaning as it has in the

Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937

(No. 20 of 1937).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of August, 1958.

(Signed) SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument specifies the classes of markets and fairs to or from which a farmer, not the holder of a merchandise licence, may, in the circumstances and under the conditions set out in detail in

section 27

(1) of the

Transport Act, 1958

, carry livestock from or to farms for reward for his neighbours by means of an agricultural tractor and trailer.

S.I. No. 173 of 1958.

TRANSPORT ACT, 1958 (MARKETS AND FAIRS) ORDER, 1958.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (2) of

section 27

of the

Transport Act, 1958

(No. 19 of 1958), hereby order as follows