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S.I. No. 23/1970 - Ceanannus Mór Parking Temporary Rules, 1970.
Table of Provisions (10)
Statutory Text (10 Articles)
1. Rule 5 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of a traffic sign erected at that place.
2. Rule 6 outlines the conditions to be observed when parking a vehicle.
3. Rule 7 provides that where there is any limitation on parking a vehicle may not be parked in that street within one hour of the time from which it was removed therefrom.
4. Rule 8 provides that vehicles will not be parked within fifteen feet of a street junction or on a roadway having a continuous white line and less than three traffic lanes.
5. Rule 9 provides that vehicles may in certain circumstances be parked in prohibited places.
6. Where on a public road parking is permitted or restricted by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle may be parked only if it complies with the following conditions—
(
a
) that it is not offered for sale, hire, as a prize or in connection with the sale of tickets, goods or any service,
(
b
) that no overhaul or repair is effected to it,
(
c
) that no unnecessary noise is made by it or by anything carried in or on or attached or connected to it,
(
d
) that it is not drawing another vehicle,
(
e
) that it has not seating passenger accommodation for more than 12 people other than the driver.
7. (1) This rule applies during business hours to a place on a public road where there is a traffic sign indicating a limitation on parking of one hour or more.
(2) A vehicle which was parked and had left the place in the street where it had been parked shall not be parked again in that street within one hour of the time when it left.
8. (1) Notwithstanding an indication by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle shall not be parked on a public road in any of the following places—
(
a
) the roadway at a road junction together with the roadway within fifteen feet of the junction,
(
b
) a stretch of roadway having less than three traffic lanes and having along its centre an authorised continuous white line or more than one such line.
(2) Paragraph (1)(
b
) shall not apply to a pedal cycle or to a motor cycle without a side-car.
9. A prohibition or restriction on parking indicated by means of a traffic sign or imposed by these rules shall not apply to—
(
a
) a street service vehicle lawfully standing for hire,
(
b
) an omnibus lawfully stopped,
(
c
) a vehicle being used in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic, the repair, maintenance or reconstruction of a public road, or the provision, alteration or repair of a telegraph line, telephone line, sewer, main, pipe or apparatus relating to the supply of gas, water or electricity,
(
d
) a fire engine, ambulance or Garda Síochána vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,
(
e
) a vehicle parked because the driver is unable to proceed because of circumstances outside his control or because he parked in order to avoid an accident,
(
f
) a vehicle parked merely while goods are being loaded or unloaded in or on to or from it,
(
g
) a vehicle parked while a passenger is entering or leaving it,
(
h
) a vehicle which has either been damaged in an accident or had a breakdown and has been parked while such repairs as will enable it to be moved from the public road are carried out on it.
GIVEN under my hand this 22nd day of January, 1970.
MICHAEL J. WYMES,
Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.
The Minister for Local Government hereby consents to the making of the foregoing temporary rules.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government,
this 3rd day of February, 1970.
CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,
Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
I, MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 90
of the
Road Traffic Act, 1961
(No. 24 of 1961) (as amended by
section 6
of the
Road Traffic Act, 1968
(No. 25 of 1968)), and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following temporary rules in respect of the area comprising the urban district of Ceanannus Mór