S.I. No. 107/1969:

SLIGO TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1969.

SLIGO TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1969.

I, MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 89 and 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 borough of Sligo :

1. These rules may be cited as the Sligo Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1969.

2. These rules shall come into operation on the 20th day of June, 1969.

3. These rules shall apply to the area comprising the borough of Sligo.

4. (1) In these rules--

" business hours " means the period from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a holiday or a Wednesday, and the period from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on a Wednesday which is not a holiday;

" holiday " means any of the following days--

St. Patrick's Day or, if that is a Sunday, the next day,

Good Friday,

Easter Monday,

the first Monday in June,

the first Monday in August,

Christmas Day or, if that is a Sunday, the 27th day of December,

St. Stephen's Day or, if that is a Sunday, the next day,

any day appointed under the Public Holidays Act, 1924 (No. 56 of 1924), to be a bank holiday in addition to or instead of one of the above seven days.

(2) A reference to the loading or unloading of goods shall be construed as including the supplying of fuel or oil for the operation of the vehicle.

5. 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.

6. Parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of a traffic sign, except as otherwise provided by these rules.

7. 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.

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) The prohibitions on parking imposed by this rule do not apply to a pedal cycle or to a motor cycle without a side-car.

9. (1) This rule applies to a place on a public road or part of a public road on which parking is restricted to one hour or more during business hours by means of a traffic sign.

(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.

10. Where a traffic sign specifies the course to be taken by traffic in a street or prohibits entry into a street by a particular direction, the requirements of that sign shall be complied with.

GIVEN under my hand this 23rd day of May, 1969.

(Signed) 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 10th day of June, 1969.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. Rule 5 provides that vehicles may in certain circumstances be parked in prohibited places.

2. Rule 6 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.

3. Rule 8 provides that a vehicle will not be parked within fifteen feet of a street junction.

4. Rule 10 provides that the requirements of a traffic sign prohibiting traffic from going in a particular direction will be complied with.

5. These rules operate in lieu of the Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-Laws, 1948 ( S.I. No. 437 of 1948 ), Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-Laws, 1948) (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 1951 ( S.I. No. 361 of 1951 ) and Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-Laws, 1948 (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 1956 ( S.I. No. 54 of 1956 ) in so far as the rules affect the said bye-laws.