Fairs (Ireland) Act 1868

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1868 c. 12


Fairs (Ireland) Act, 1868

(31 & 32 Vict.) C A P. XII.

An Act to facilitate the Alteration of Days upon which, and of Places at which, Fairs are now held inIreland .

[30th March 1868]

W HEREAS it is expedient to make Provision to facilitate the Alteration of the Days upon which, and of the Places at which, Fairs are now held inIreland :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Short Title.

1 Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as ‘TheFairs (Ireland) Act, 1868.’

S-2 Interpretation of Terms:

2 Interpretation of Terms:

2. In this Act—

The Term ‘Lord Lieutenant’ means Lord Lieutenant ofIreland and the Lords Justices or other Chief Governors or Governor of Ireland for the Time being:

The Term ‘Owner’ means any Person or Persons, or Body of Commissioners, or Body Corporate entitled to hold any Fair, whether in respect of the Ownership of any Lands or Tenements, or under any Charter, Letters Patent, or Act of Parliament, or otherwise howsoever.

S-3 Power to Lord Lieutenant in Council to alter Days or Places for holding Fairs.

3 Power to Lord Lieutenant in Council to alter Days or Places for holding Fairs.

3. In case it shall appear to the Lord Lieutenant in Council, upon Representation duly made to him by the Owner of any Fair inIreland , that it would be for the Convenience and Advantage of the Public that such Fair should be held on some Day or Days other than that or those on which such Fair is used to be held, or at some other suitable Place (not more than One Half Mile distant from the Town, Village, or other Place where such Fair is used to be held), provided for that Purpose by the said Owner, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by and with the Advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland , to order that such Fair shall be held on such other Day or Days as he shall think fit, or at such other Place as aforesaid: Provided always, that Notice of such Representation, and of the Time when it shall please the Lord Lieutenant to order the same to be taken into consideration by the Privy Council, shall be published once in theDublin Gazette , and in Three successive Weeks in some One and the same Newspaper of the County, County of a City, or County of a Town in which such Fair is held, or if there be no Newspaper published therein, then in the Newspaper of...

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