Part II Byelaws as to Land used for Military Purposes C1C2C3C4
Pt. II (ss. 14–18) modified by Dockyard Services Act 1986 (c. 52, SIF 58), s. 3(1)(b)
Power to apply Pt. II with modifications conferred by Supply Powers Act 1975 (c. 9, SIF 57), s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
Pt. II (ss. 14-18) amended (E.W.)(25.9.1991) by Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 (c. 46, SIF 8), ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. para.2 (with s. 1)
17 Notice and enforcement of byelaws.
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A Secretary of State, before making any byelaws under this Act, shall cause the proposed byelaws to be made known in the locality, and give an opportunity for objections being made to the same, and shall receive and consider all objections made; and when any such byelaws are made, shall cause the boundaries of the area to which the byelaws apply to be marked, and the byelaws to be published, in such manner as appears to him necessary to make them known to all persons in the locality; and shall provide for copies of the byelaws being sold at the price of one shilling for each copy to any person who desires to obtain the same.
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If any person commits an offence against any byelaw under this Act, he shall be liable, on conviction before a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding F1level 2 on the standard scale and may be removed by any constable or officer authorised in manner provided by the byelaw from the area, whether land or water, to which the byelaw applies, and taken into custody without warrant, and brought before a court of summary jurisdiction to be dealt with according to law, and any vehicle, animal, vessel, or thing found in the area in contravention of any byelaw, may be removed by any constable or such officer as aforesaid, and on due proof of such contravention, be declared by a court of summary jurisdiction to be forfeited to Her Majesty.
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A byelaw under this Act shall be deemed to be a regulation within the meaning of the M1Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, and may be proved accordingly.
Pt. II applied with modifications by Military Lands Act 1900 (c. 56), s. 2; extended by Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (c. 47), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 8, Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (c. 32), s. 6(4), Sch. 3, Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s2(3)