WHEREAS the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána has, before making the bye-laws hereinafter set forth, consulted the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cork in regard thereto :

NOW, I, WILLIAM P. QUINN, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 84 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the county borough of Cork :

Short title.

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Cork Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 1965.

Definitions.

2. In these bye-laws--

"street" means a public road ;

reference to the head of an appointed stand shall be construed as referring to that end of the appointed stand from which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the First and Second Schedules to these bye-laws ;

references to the rear of an appointed stand shall be construed as referring to that end of the appointed stand to which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the First and Second Schedules to these bye-laws ;

references to the order of the vehicles on an appointed stand shall be construed as referring to the order of the vehicles reckoned from the head of the appointed stand towards the rear of the appointed stand.

Appointment of appointed stands.

3.--(1) In the several streets named in column (2) of the First Schedule to these bye-laws, each of the places delimited in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite the mention in the said column (2) of any such street shall be an appointed stand available, subject to these bye-laws, for use without limitation as to time or occasion of user.

(2) In the several streets named in column (2) of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws, each of the places delimited in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite the mention in the said column (2) of any such street shall be an appointed stand available, subject to these bye-laws, for use on the occasions and at the times (but not on any other occasion or at any other time) stated in column (6) of the said Schedule opposite the mention in the said column (2) of such street.

Position of vehicles on appointed stands.

4.--(1) For the purpose of these bye-laws, a street service vehicle shall be deemed not to be standing for hire on an appointed stand unless the whole of the vehicle is within the limits of the appointed stand as stated in column (3) of the First or Second Schedule to these bye-laws.

(2) Every street service vehicle standing for hire on an appointed stand shall be placed--

(a) in the position specified in column (5) of the First or Second Schedule to these bye-laws opposite the mention of the appointed stand in column (3) of the Schedule, and

(b) in case there is no street service vehicle already on the appointed stand, at the head of the appointed stand and, in any other case, next in order to the street service vehicle or the last of the street service vehicles already on the appointed stand,

and a street service vehicle shall be deemed for the purpose of these bye-laws not to be standing for hire on the appointed stand unless placed thereon in accordance with this paragraph.

(3) Where the First or Second Schedule to these bye-laws requires a street service vehicle standing for hire on an appointed stand to be placed in single line by the kerb and parallel thereto or with the rear of the vehicle to the kerb a vehicle shall not be placed more than eighteen inches from the kerb.

Maximum number of street service vehicles at an appointed stand.

5. Whenever the number of street service vehicles standing for hire on an appointed stand is equal to the number mentioned in column (4) of the First or Second Schedule to these bye-laws opposite the mention of the appointed stand in column (3) of that Schedule, the driver of any street service vehicle not already so standing for hire shall not place that street service vehicle on that appointed stand.

Vacancies at appointed stands.

6. Whenever a vacancy occurs at an appointed stand by reason of the departure therefrom of a street service vehicle, the street service vehicle nearest to the space so vacated shall be moved by its driver into that space and thereupon each driver of any other street service vehicle then standing on that appointed stand shall in turn move his vehicle into the space which is next in order to him and is in the direction of the head of the appointed stand.

General provisions relating to appointed stands.

7. The following provisions shall apply in respect of street service vehicles standing for hire on an appointed stand :--

(a) a person shall not wash, overhaul or execute repairs to a street service vehicle while it is standing for hire on an appointed stand, except such repairs as may be necessary to enable the street service vehicle to be removed from the appointed stand ;

(b) neither the driver of a street service vehicle which is standing for hire nor any other person shall make any unnecessary noise by means of or in relation to the vehicle or the engine or any equipment, fittings or instruments fitted to or carried on the vehicle or any loudspeaker in or on or in any way connected with the vehicle ;

(c) the driver of a street service vehicle which is placed on, being brought into or removed from an appointed stand shall comply with all directions given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in relation to the placing of the street service vehicle on the appointed stand or the bringing of the street service vehicle into or the removal of the street service vehicle from the appointed stand.

General restriction on street service vehicles standing for hire.

8. A driver of a street service vehicle shall not stand the street service vehicle for hire otherwise than on an appointed stand and in accordance with these bye-laws.

Revocation.

9. The Cork Appointed Standings (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-laws, 1947 ( S.R. & O. No. 140 of 1947 ), are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PERMANENT APPOINTED STANDS.

Name of Street	Limits of Appointed Stand.	Maximum Number of Vehicles.	Maximum Number of Vehicles.	Position of vehicles on Appointed Stand.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
1.	St. Patrick's Street	Along the centre of the roadway, from a point opposite the door of 7 St. Patrick's Street to a point opposite the door of 106 St. Partick's Street.	12	In single line on the centre of the roadway, facing patrick's Bridge.
2.	St. Patrick's Street	Along the centre of the roadway, from opposite the door of 105 St. Patrick's Street to a point opposite the western boundary wall of 92 St. Patrick's Street.	13	In single line on the centre of the roadway, facing towards Grand Parade.
3.	Parnell Place	On the centre of the roadway, from a point opposite the door of 44 Parnell Place and extending southwards for fifteen yards.	4	Side by side in two rows on either side of the centre line of the roadway, facing northwards.
4.	South Mall	On the north side of roadway, from a point three yards east of its junction with Morgan Street, to a point fifteen yards east of that junction.	2	In single line by the kerb, facing castwards.

SECOND SCHEDULE

OCCASIONAL APPOINTED STANDS.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Limits of Appointed Stand	Maximum Number of Vehicles	Position of Vehicles on Appointed Stand	Occasions and Periods of Availability
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1.	Eglinton Street	On the west side of the roadway from a point opposite the northern building line of the City Hall to a point opposite the eastern entrance door of the Corporation yard.	12	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing towards Albert Quay.	Whenever public dancing or any other function to which the public are admitted is being held in the City Hall--during and for one hour after the function.
2.	Link Road	On the east side of the roadway, from a point fifteen yards south of its junction with Park Road to a point ten yards north of its junction with Monahan Road.	16	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing towards Monahan Road.	Whenever a sports fixture or any other function to which the public are admitted is being held at the Cork Athletic Grounds--during and for one hour after the function.
3.	Lower Glanmire Road	On the south side of the roadway, from a point opposite 52 Lower Glanmire Road to a point opposite 46 Lower Glanmire Road.	10	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing towards McCurtain Street.	Whenever public dancing or any other function to which the public are admitted is being held in the Arcadia Ballroom--during and for one hour after the function.
4.	Penrose Quay	On the north side of the roadway, from a point twenty yards east of the saloon passengers' entrance to the Cork Steam Packet embarkation sheds to a point 130 yards east of that entrance.	20	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing towards St. Patrick's Quay.	Whenever a Fishguard or any other passenger boat arrives at Penrose Quay for disembarkation of passengers for one hour after arrival of the boat.

GIVEN under my hand, this 4th day of June, 1965.

W. P. QUINN.

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the Commissioner has submitted the foregoing bye-laws to the Minister for Local Government ;

AND WHEREAS subsections (1) and (5) of the said section 6 have been complied with in relation to the said bye-laws:

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 84 of the said Act, hereby consents to the making of the said bye-laws.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this Thirtieth day of July, 1965.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These bye-laws :--

(a) repeal the Cork Appointed Standings (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 1947,

(b) provide stands for street service vehicles as indicated in the First and Second Schedules to these bye-laws, and

(c) prohibit the driver of a street service vehicle from standing the vehicle for hire elsewhere than on an appointed stand.

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S.I. No. 179/1965 -- Cork Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 1965.