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Library Fines

  • 05-08-2010 12:20am
    #1
    Farcear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭


    Just curious if anyone knows off-hand what statute / statutory instrument gives libraries the power to levy fines against people.


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  • #2
    nuac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,769 ✭✭✭nuac


    1. Assuming the library is run by a local authority LAs have verious statutory powers to charge for and sue for services provided.

    2. If you signed anything on joining check terms and conditions attached.


  • #3
    Farcear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Farcear


    It's more along the lines of a penlty clause then a charge for a serivice though.


  • #4
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    Google sent me here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/rsw/undergrad/cetl/ejournal/issues/volume3issue1/yeung/
    In the 33rd year of the reign of King Henry II.
    Fines have been part of our lives for centuries – the origin of the word "fine" is from the Latin finalis concordia. It was used as a form of assurance. One of the earliest documented concepts in the literature is 1187 AD


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