S.I. No. 261/1969:

DUBLIN METER PARKING PLACES RULES, 1969.

DUBLIN METER PARKING PLACES RULES, 1969.

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES.

1. Citation.

2. Commencement.

3. Application.

4. Definitions.

5. Vehicles which may be parked in meter parking places.

6. Parking fees.

7. Manner and time of payment of parking fees.

8. Prohibition on insertion of additional coins.

9. Exemptions from parking fees.

10. Special exemption for an invalid carriage.

11. Parking contrary to meter indications.

12. Suspension of parking meters.

13. Interference with parking meters.

14. Evidence.

S.I. No. 261 of 1969.

DUBLIN METER PARKING PLACES RULES, 1969.

Rules for the administration of meter parking places in the County Borough of Dublin made by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin, the appropriate local authority, in exercise of powers conferred by section 90 (3) (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961).

1. These rules may be cited as the Dublin Meter Parking Places Rules 1969.

2. These rules shall come into force on the 14th day of January, 1970.

3. These rules shall apply to all meter parking places within the County Borough of Dublin.

4. In these rules--

" agent of the Corporation " means an officer or servant of the Corporation or any other person authorised by the Corporation to carry out functions under these rules;

" authorised person " has the same meaning as in section 103 (8) (inserted by the Road Traffic Act 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 ;

" appropriate parking bay " means in relation to a parking meter the parking bay nearest to the parking meter;

" appropriate parking meter " means in relation to a parking bay the parking meter nearest to the parking bay;

" business hours " means the period from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. (8.00 to 18.30 hours) on a weekday, which is not a Saturday or holiday.

" Corporation " means the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin;

" disabled person " is a person to whom section 43 of the Finance Act 1968 (No. 33 of 1968) applies;

" goods vehicle " means a vehicle used exclusively for carrying goods;

" 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;

" invalid carriage " means a mechanically propelled vehicle adapted or constructed for use by a disabled person as a driver;

" meter parking place " means a place on a public road where the parking of vehicles is subject to the payment of parking fees by means of parking meters;

" parking bay " means a space in a meter parking place intended for the parking of one vehicle;

" parking fee " means a fee payable in accordance with rule 6 hereof;

" parking meter " means an apparatus for collecting fees at a parking place and for indicating payment of such fees, and the periods that have elapsed since they were paid.

5. Mechanically propelled vehicles only, of the following classes, may be parked in a parking bay in a meter parking place during business hours:

(a) a passenger vehicle having seating accommodation for not more than twelve persons exclusive of the driver, and not drawing a trailer or other vehicle,

(b) a goods vehicle not drawing a trailer or other vehicle,

(c) an invalid carriage.

6. (a) A Parking fee shall be paid in respect of a vehicle lawfully parked in a parking bay in a meter parking place during business hours,

(b) The parking fee payable under paragraph (a) of this rule shall be

(i) one shilling (or in decimal coinage five pence) for a continuous period of parking not exceeding one hour, or

(ii) two shillings (or in decimal coinage ten pence) for a continuous period of parking not exceeding two hours.

7. (a) The parking fee shall be paid by the insertion in the appropriate parking meter of a coin or coins of the denomination of a shilling (or in decimal coinage five pence) to the value specified in rule 6 (b) hereof.

(b) The parking fee shall be paid immediately on parking provided that, where a vehicle is parked at a time not during business hours, the parking fee shall be paid at or before the commencement of business hours. Where a parking fee is paid before the commencement of business hours, it shall be paid for the period shown as unexpired on the appropriate parking meter at the commencement of business hours.

(c) The parking fee payable in respect of a goods vehicle to which bye-law 14 (1) (f) of the Dublin Parking Bye-Laws 1969 ( S.I. No. 170 of 1969 ) applies shall be paid immediately on the expiration of the thirty minutes referred to in that bye-law.

8. No person shall insert in a parking meter in a meter parking place any coin or coins additional to that or those initially inserted by way of payment of a parking fee in respect of a vehicle parked in the appropriate parking bay during business hours.

9. (a) A vehicle parked during business hours in a parking bay in a meter parking place vacated by another vehicle, after payment of a parking fee in respect of that other vehicle and before the expiration of the period for which the fee was paid, shall, if it is removed before or at the expiration of that period, be exempt from payment of a parking fee, and any vehicle so exempted shall be treated as if it had been parked and a parking fee paid in respect of it at the time when that other vehicle was parked in the parking bay.

(b) If, at the time a vehicle is parked during business hours in a parking bay in a meter parking place, there is on the appropriate parking meter a hood, sign, or other device, placed thereon by an agent of the Corporation or by an authorised person, indicating that the meter is out of order, that vehicle shall be exempt from payment of a parking fee provided that it is removed within two hours after the said meter is repaired; if it be not removed within that period, a parking fee shall be deemed to have become payable and paid at the time when the parking meter was repaired.

10. (a) This rule applies to an invalid carriage the driver of which is a disabled person.

(b) The Corporation may grant to a disabled person a special exemption in writing from payment of a parking fee in respect of the parking of a specified vehicle in a meter parking place during business hours.

(c) The grant of an exemption to a disabled person under paragraph (b) of this rule shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) application for the exemption must be made in writing to the Corporation;

(ii) an exemption shall be for a period not exceeding one year in the first instance and shall be subject to review on the 1st January in each succeeding year;

(iii) the notice of exemption shall be prominently displayed on the exempted vehicle.

11. Subject to such exemptions as are made by these rules and by the Dublin Parking Bye-Laws 1969, a vehicle shall not be parked in a parking bay in a meter parking place for any period during business hours if the appropriate parking meter indicates that a parking fee has not been paid for that period.

12. (a) An agent of the Corporation may suspend from operation a parking meter in a meter parking place.

(b) The suspension of a parking meter shall be indicated by the placing thereon of a hood, sign, or other device as specified in the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1969 ), or by the temporary removal of the meter and the erection of a sign indicating that the parking of vehicles is prohibited in the appropriate parking bay.

(c) Where the parking meter appropriate to a parking bay is suspended under this rule, a vehicle (other than a vehicle required for the purpose for which the suspension was granted) shall not be parked in such parking bay.

13. (a) No person shall insert any coin, article, or object, other than the coins specified for the payment of a parking fee, in a parking meter, or interfere in any other way with a parking meter in a meter parking place.

(b) No person, other than an agent of the Corporation, a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform, or an authorised person, shall interfere in any way with a hood, sign, or other device placed on a parking meter in a meter parking place.

14. For the purpose of a prosecution under section 90 (9) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 for a contravention of any of these rules, or of bye-laws made by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána under that section, evidence of an indication given by a parking meter in a meter parking place shall be prima facie evidence of

(a) the payment or non-payment of a parking fee;

(b) the period for which a parking fee has been paid; the unexpired portion of such a period; and the expiration of such a period.

PRESENT when the seal of the Corporation was affixed hereto this fifteenth day of December, 1969, the Commissioner for the Corporation also being present.

PETER LYNCH,

City Hall, Dublin.

Corporation Official.

M. Ó MAICÍN,

City Manager and Town Clerk.

The Minister for Local Government hereby approves the foregoing Dublin Meter Parking Places Rules, 1969.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 19th day of December, 1969.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These rules prescribe the classes of vehicles which may, during business hours, be parked in a meter parking place, the parking fees payable, and the manner and time of payment. The rules prohibit the insertion of additional coins into a meter after a parking fee has been paid. The rules also provide for special exemption in respect of a disabled person, who is the driver of an invalid carriage.