Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967

[F167HExtinguishment of certain public rights over navigable waters and foreshore.N.I.

(1)If the Department considers it necessary or desirable to do so in connection with any matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of section 67G, the Department may, on application to it by the railway undertaking, make an order extinguishing—

(a)any public rights over or in relation to such part of the foreshore as is specified in the order;

(b)any public rights of navigation over such part of any navigable waters (whether the sea, a river or other navigable waters) as is specified in the order.

(2)In this section “navigable waters” has the meaning given in section 67A(5).]