The Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

Byelaws N.I.

5.—(1) The Governors may make byelaws—

(a) regulating admission (including the making of charges) to premises owned or occupied by the Governors for the purposes of their functions under this Order ( “relevant premises”);

(b) regulating the conduct of persons on relevant premises;

(c) for the protection of property vested in the Governors or in their custody ( “relevant property”); and

(d) otherwise securing the efficient administration of relevant property or relevant premises.

(2) Byelaws made under this Article may authorise persons employed by the Governors to exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Governors may consider necessary for the enforcement of the byelaws and in particular any person so authorised may, after due warning, remove or exclude from relevant premises a person who contravenes or whom he reasonably suspects of contravening the byelaws.

(3) Byelaws under this Article shall not come into operation until approved by the Department.

(4) A person who contravenes any byelaw made under this Article or who obstructs any person authorised in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.