S.L. 499.57 Art. 40Prohibitions of unauthorised works.

(1) It is an offence for a person to execute, or cause or suffer to be executed, any unauthorised road works.

(2) In the case of an offence under sub-regulation (1) hereof the Authority shall, by the issue of a stop notice, direct that person to stop the works immediately and to take such steps as appear to it necessary to reinstate, within a period not exceeding twenty-four hours, the road, failing which the Authority shall carry out the works itself at the expense of the person concerned.

(3) Any delays in the reinstatement of the works beyond the time limit imposed under sub-regulation (2) shall bear an administrative penalty of five hundred euro (€500) per day to be charged to the person who had executed the unauthorised works and to the person on whose behalf or at whose request the works have been carried out.

(4) The Authority shall not entertain any other application by the same person or persons to undertake any other works until such time the road is reinstated by the person or persons concerned or, where the reinstatement works are carried out by the Agency, until such time as all expenses and penalties have been settled.

(5) The Authority shall not enter into negotiations with the person or persons concerned until such time as that person or persons comply with the direction given under sub-regulation (2).