Tourist traffic act, 1952

• Enactment Date: 03 July 1952
• Act Number: 15

Number 15 of 1952.
TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT, 1952.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I.
Preliminary and General.
Section 1. Short title and collective citation. 2. Construction. 3. Repeals.
PART II.
An Bord Fáilte.
4. Renaming of Irish Tourist Board. 5. Functions. 6. Formation of local development companies. 7. Erection of notices and fences at, and provision of means of access to, historic sites, etc. 8. Power to enter on land. 9. Restrictions of sections 7 and 8. 10. Non-repayable grant. 11. Cessation of repayable advances. 12. Accounts and audit. 13. Disqualification of member of Oireachtas for membership of Board. 14. Superannuation of members. 15. Superannuation of staff. 16. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1939.
PART III.
Guarantee of Loans.
17. Guarantee of loans; and grants for interest charges. 18. Limitations on guarantees and grants. 19. Applications. 20. Fees on applications and on grant or guarantee. 21. Time limit on giving of guarantees. 22. Advance from the Central Fund of moneys required for guarantee of loans. 23. Payment of certain sums into the Exchequer. 24. Statements and accounts to be laid before the Oireachtas.
PART IV.
Registration of Premises.
25. Construction. 26. Payment of registration fee. 27. Return of application fee. 28. Amendment of section 30 of Act of 1939. 29. Amendment of section 30 of Act of 1939. 30. Amendment of section 31 of Act of 1939. 31. Extension of sections 33 to 37 of Act of 1939 to occupiers. 32. Cancellation of registration.
PART V.
Fógra Fáilte.
33. Fógra Fáilte. 34. Functions. 35. Non-repayable grant. 36. Grants from other sources. 37. Amendment of Tourist Traffic (Development) Act, 1931.
PART VI.
Licensing of Hotels and Holiday Camps.
Chapter I .
Preliminary.
38. Construction and collective citation. 39. Use of map in describing premises.
Chapter II .
Hotels.
40. Hotel. 41. Declaration as to fitness and convenience of proposed hotel. 42. Licensing of hotel.
Chapter III .
Holiday Camps.
43. Definitions. 44. Grant of new licence for holiday camp. 45. Variation of licensed premises. 46. Prohibited hours. 47. Provisions applying to Sundays, Christmas Day and Saint Patrick's Day. 48. Provisions applying to Good Friday. 49. Powers of licensee to impose further restrictions. 50. Certificate for renewal of licence. 51. Occasional licences. 52. Special exemption orders. 53. Provisions of Act of 1927 not applicable to holiday camps. 54. Apportionment of rateable valuation.
SCHEDULE.
Fógra Fálite.
Acts Referred to Tourist Traffic Act, 1939 No. 24 of 1939 Tourist Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1946 No. 14 of 1946 National Monuments Act, 1930 No. 2 of 1930 Tourist Traffic (Development) Act, 1931 No. 15 of 1931 Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 No. 15 of 1927 Summer Time Act, 1925 No. 8 of 1925 Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1943 No. 7 of 1943 Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 No. 39 of 1926
Number 15 of 1952.
TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT, 1952.
AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURIST TRAFFIC AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO ESTABLISH A BODY TO ENGAGE IN PUBLICITY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH TRAFFIC, TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE TOURIST TRAFFIC ACTS, 1939 AND 1946, TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF HOTELS AND HOLIDAY CAMPS FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [3rd July, 1952.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
PART I. Preliminary and General.
	Short title and collective citation.	1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Tourist Traffic Act, 1952.
	(2) The Tourist Traffic Act, 1939 , and this Act may be cited together as the Tourist Traffic Acts, 1939 and 1952.
	Construction.	2.—(1) In this Act—
	“the Act of 1939” means the Tourist Traffic Act, 1939 (No. 24 of 1939);
	“An Bord Fáilte” means the body heretofore known as the Irish Tourist Board to which the said new name is given by section 4;
	“the Board” (except in Part V and the Schedule) means An Bord Fáilte;
	“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
	(2) The Act of 1939 and this Act shall be construed as one.
	Repeals.	3.—(1) Sections 5, 10, 14, 15 and 31 of the Act of 1939 are hereby repealed.
	(2) The Tourist Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1946 (No. 14 of 1946), is hereby repealed.
PART II. An Bord Fáilte.
	Renaming of Irish Tourist Board.	4.—The Board heretofore known as the Irish Tourist Board shall be known as An Bord Fáilte.
	Functions.	5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to encourage and promote the development of tourist traffic in and to the State.
	(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) or to the specific functions given to it by the Act of 1939 or elsewhere in this Act, it shall be lawful for the Board—
	(a) to inspect, register and grade hotels, guest houses, holiday camps, holiday hostels, and youth hostels;
	(b) to assist, financially and otherwise, in the provision, extension or improvement of holiday accommodation;
	(c) to assist, financially and otherwise, in the provision, extension or improvement of facilities and amenities, at tourist resorts and elsewhere, which appear to the Board to be calculated to improve tourist traffic;
	(d) to establish or assist, financially and otherwise, in the establishment of any form of agency which has as one of its principal functions the development of tourist traffic;
	(e) to provide and assist, financially and otherwise, in the provision of schemes for the training of persons for work in relation to tourist traffic;
	(f) to protect and maintain and to aid in protecting and maintaining historic buildings, sites and shrines and places of scenic, historic, scientific or other interest to the public and to facilitate visitors thereto by the provision of notices and the provision and improvement of means of access;
	(g) to supply local authorities with road signs for erection by such authorities;
	(h) to accept gifts and donations, and to undertake and carry out trusts which may be lawfully undertaken by the Board, and may be conducive to its objects.
	(3) In the discharge of its functions the Board shall have regard to amenities and services, including transport arrangements, which appear to the Board to be likely to affect tourist traffic.
	(4) Nothing in this section shall derogate from the powers of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland or a local authority under the National Monuments Act, 1930 (No. 2 of 1930), the provisions of which shall be binding on the Board in like manner as upon other persons.
	Formation of local development companies.	6.—The Board may encourage the formation of companies under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, having the object of providing amenities and facilities at tourist resorts and developing tourist traffic at or to such resorts and may make a grant (not exceeding two hundred pounds) to any such company towards the expenses of its formation.
	Erection of notices and fences at, and provision of means of access to, historic sites, etc.	7.—(1) Where the Board proposes to erect a notice or fence at, or to provide or improve means of access to, any historic building, site or shrine, or other place which, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to be of particular interest to the public, and the owner refuses to permit the Board to carry out the proposed work, the Board shall have power to acquire, under section 19 of the Act of 1939, such land as the Board thinks proper to enable the work to be carried out.
	(2) The Board shall not exercise its powers under this section in or over a national monument, within the meaning of the National Monuments Act, 1930 (No. 2 of 1930), which is, or is in the course of being, vested in or placed under the guardianship of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland or a local authority or made the subject of a preservation order under that Act.
	Power to enter on land.	8.—(1) A person, duly authorised in writing by the Board, may enter on land for the purpose of enabling the Board to carry out its functions under paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section 5.
	(2) Any person who obstructs or interferes with an authorised officer in the exercise of his powers under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
	Restrictions of sections 7 and 8.	9.—Sections 7 and 8 shall not apply to any building which is for the time being used for ecclesiastical purposes.
	Non-repayable grant.	10.—(1) In each financial year the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may pay to the Board out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such sums, not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand pounds in any one financial year, as the Board shall from time to time require.
	(2) In respect of the financial year ended on the 31st day of March, 1952, the Minister for Finance, on the recommendation of the Minister, may pay to the Board out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such sums, not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-seven thousand pounds, as the Board shall require in addition to the sums provided under section 15 of...