S.I. No. 109/1982:

DUBLIN TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1982.

DUBLIN TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1982.

ARRANGEMENT OF TEMPORARY RULES.

PART I.

Preliminary.

1. Short title.

2. Day of commencement of rules.

3. Interpretation.

4. Area of application.

PART II.

General.

5. Parking in accordance with traffic signs.

6. Non-application to certain vehicles.

7. Conditions for parking.

8. Places where parking is prohibited.

9. Prohibition on parking on grass margins and median strips.

10. Prohibition on parking on footways.

11. Restriction on parking during business hours.

12. Parking at the edge of the roadway.

13. Compliance with directions of Garda Síochána.

14. Compliance with traffic signs.

PART III.

Clearways.

15. Prohibition on parking on clearways.

PART IV.

Pedestrianisation.

16. Prohibition on entry to or parking in certain streets.

PART V.

Provision for Parking Meters and Loading Bays.

17. Parking in meter parking places.

18. Parking in loading bays.

19. Motor cycles and pedal cycles not to park in meter parking places and loading bays.

PART VI.

Disc Parking.

20. Definitions for Part VI.

21. Obligation to display valid parking disc.

22. Period of parking in disc parking place.

23. Interference with parking disc.

24. Removal of vehicle from disc parking place.

25. Prohibition on certain parking inside an hour of leaving disc parking place.

26. Issue of parking discs.

27. Fee for parking discs.

28. Conditions for parking in disc parking places.

29. Motor cycles and pedal cycles prohibited from parking in disc parking places.

30. Permit for certain invalid carriages.

PART VII.

Bus Lanes.

31. Prohibition on entry to bus lanes.

32. Prohibition on parking on bus lanes.

33. Non-application of Part VI.

PART VIII.

Miscellaneous.

34. Prohibition on depositing goods on roadway or footway.

35. Obligation to form a queue while awaiting admission to places of entertainment.

36. Obligation to form a queue while awaiting admission to street service vehicles.

S.I. No. 109 of 1982.

DUBLIN TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1982.

I, PATRICK McLAUGHLIN, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89 and 90 (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 269 of 1977 ), and, with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, hereby make the following temporary rules in respect of the area comprising the county borough of Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire, the county of Dublin and the town of Balbriggan:

PART I. Preliminary.

1. These rules may be cited as the Dublin Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1982.

2. These rules shall come into operation on the 24th day of April, 1982.

3. (1) In these rules--

"access" means access by vehicles to premises accessible only from a bus-only street and includes stopping a vehicle on such a street solely for the purpose of loading or unloading goods on to or from the vehicle from or to those premises;

"appointed stand" has the meaning assigned to it by section 84 (1) (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"authorised" in relation to a traffic sign, means authorised by the appropriate article of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1981;

"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 (No. 24 of 1961);

"buffer area" has the meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 );

"bus-only street" means a street or portion of a street at each entrance to which traffic sign 216 authorised by the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1962 ), as amended, together with an information plate or plates so authorised and specifying the class of vehicles to which the prohibition indicated by the traffic sign does not apply, are provided;

"business hours" means the period from 8.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a Saturday or a holiday;

"clearway" means a section of roadway at the start of which a clearway sign is erected and at the end of which a clearway sign and an information plate containing the word "End", the word "Deire" or both those words are erected;

"clearway period" means a period specified on an information plate erected below a clearway sign;

"clearway sign" means traffic sign number 215 authorised by the Regulations of 1962 (as amended by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 233 of 1966 ));

"contra-flow bus lane" means a portion of a street at each entrance to which the road markings referred to in article 4 (inserted by article 3 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Bus Lane) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 333 of 1981)) of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Bus Lane) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 358 of 1980 ), and sign C referred to in the Second Schedule to those Regulations are provided;

"the Dublin area" means the area comprising the county borough of Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire, the county of Dublin and the town of Balbriggan;

"footway" has the same meaning as in section 3 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"goods vehicle" means a vehicle used exclusively for carrying goods and taxed for commercial purposes;

"grass margin" means that portion of a public road which is situated on either side of the footway and is provided for the growing of grass, trees or shrubbery of any kind;

"holiday" includes Good Friday or any day that is a public holiday for the purposes of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (No. 25 of 1973);

"information plate" (for the purpose of Part II of these rules) means a plate of the type authorised by and described in Part IX (inserted by the Regulations of 1969) of the First Schedule to the Regulations of 1962, or any addition or amendment thereto;

"information plate" (for the purpose of Part III of these rules) means a plate of the type authorised by paragraph 7 (inserted by article 5 (c) of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 233 of 1966 )) of Part VI of the First Schedule to the Regulations of 1962;

"loading bay" means that part of a roadway so indicated by means of a traffic sign, and on which during business hours a vehicle (other than a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading) may not be parked;

"median strip" means that portion of a road which separates parts of a roadway on which traffic proceeds from opposite directions or in the same direction;

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

"parking bay" has the meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 ), and includes a parking bay in a disc parking place;

"pedestrian crossing" has the meaning assigned to it by article 2 (1) of the Regulations of 1962;

"pedestrian crossing complex" has the meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 329 of 1979 );

"pedestrian lights" means a type of signals authorised by article 14 (as amended by article 4 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 280 of 1975 )) of the Regulations of 1962;

"public road" has the same meaning as in section 3 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"the Regulations of 1962" means the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1962 ), or any addition or amendment thereto;

"the Regulations of 1969" means the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1969 ), or any addition or amendment thereto;

"road" has the same meaning as in section 3 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"road junction" means the section of roadway contained within the projection of roadway boundaries at the intersection of the roadways;

"road inset" means that part of a roadway specially inset in a footway or road verge;

"road verge" means that part of the public road which is not a footway, a grass margin, a median strip or a roadway;

"roadway" has the same meaning as in section 3 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"street" means a public road;

"street service vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 3 (1) (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"traffic warden" has the same meaning as in section 2 (3) of the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975 (No. 14 of 1975);

"with-flow bus lane" means a portion of a street at each entrance to which the roadway markings referred to in article 4 (inserted by article 3 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Bus Lane) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 333 of 1981)) of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Bus Lane) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 358 of 1980 ), and sign A or B referred to in the Second Schedule to those Regulations are provided.

(2) A reference in these rules to the loading of goods shall be taken to include the supplying of fuel or oil for the operation of the vehicle.

4. These rules apply to the Dublin area.

PART II. General.

5. Except as otherwise provided by these rules, parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of traffic signs.

6. (1) A prohibition or restriction on parking on a roadway imposed by this Part of 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 for the removal of an obstruction to traffic, the repair, maintenance or reconstruction of a public road, the provision, alteration or repair of a telegraph line, telephone line, sewer, drain, main, pipe or apparatus relating to the supply of gas, oil, water or electricity, or the installation, repair and maintenance of road traffic signs,

( 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 (other than in a meter parking place or a loading bay or in such a way as to obstruct an entrance) merely while goods are being loaded in or on to or unloaded from it, except where the vehicle is within 45 feet (on the approach side) of a pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights or is on any part of a pedestrian crossing complex,

( g ) a vehicle parked while a passenger is entering or leaving it,

( h ) a vehicle which has either been damaged in an accident or, having had a breakdown, has been parked while such repairs as will enable it to be removed from the public road are carried out on it,

( i ) a pedal cycle (other than in a meter parking place or a loading bay),

( j ) a vehicle being used by a member of the Garda Síochána, an authorised person or a traffic warden in the removal of an unlawfully parked vehicle,

( k ) a vehicle being used by an authorised person or a traffic warden in the enforcement of these rules.

(2) A vehicle lawfully parked in accordance with paragraph (1) (f) of this rule shall, if the loading or unloading is not completed within a period of one hour from the time of parking, not remain so parked for that purpose unless authorised by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform, an authorised person or a traffic warden.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (f) or (1) (g) of this rule, a vehicle shall not be parked on the part of a roadway immediately adjacent to either side of a median strip for the purpose of enabling goods to be loaded in or on to it or unloaded from it or for the purpose of enabling a passenger to enter or leave it.

7. (1) Where on a roadway parking is restricted by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle may be parked only if it complies with the following conditions--

( a ) that is a mechanically propelled vehicle,

( b ) that it is not offered for sale or as a prize or for the time being used solely for advertising purposes or as an office or in connection with the sale of tickets, goods or any service,

( c ) that no overhaul or repair is effected to it, unless in accordance with rule 6 (1) (h) of these rules,

( d ) that it is not being painted,

( e ) that no unnecessary noise is made by it or by anything carried in or on or attached or connected to it,

( f ) that is has not seating passenger accommodation for more that 12 people other than the driver.

(2) While a vehicle is parked on a roadway on which there is no restriction on parking, it shall comply with the conditions specified in paragraphs (1) (a) to (1) (f) of this rule.

(3) A vehicle parked at the edge of a roadway shall be parked with a side of the vehicle parallel to the edge and within 18 inches thereof unless parking is permitted with the front or rere of a vehicle to the edge and such a permission is indicated by means of a traffic sign, and in such a case a vehicle shall be parked as so permitted, as near as practicable to the edge and in such a manner that any part of the vehicle extending over a footway does not obstruct pedestrians thereon.

8. A vehicle shall not be parked on a public road--

( a ) at a road junction or within 15 feet of the junction, except as indicated by means of a traffic sign,

( b ) on 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,

( c ) at an appointed stand for street service vehicles, unless it is a small public service vehicle,

( d ) at any place, or in any position or manner that will obstruct, delay or interfere with the entrance to or the exit from a fire brigade station or ambulance station,

( e ) at any place, or in any position or manner that will obstruct an entrance for vehicles to premises except with the consent of the occupiers of the premises,

( f ) on a pedestrian crossing or at pedestrian lights or within 45 feet (on the approach side) or 15 feet (on the side other than the approach side) of a pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights or on any part of a pedestrian crossing complex.

9. (1) A vehicle shall not be parked either wholly or partly on a grass margin or a median strip.

(2) A vehicle shall not mount or cross a median strip.

(3) Paragraph (1) of this rule does not apply to a vehicle specified in paragraphs (1) (c), (1) (d), (1) (e), (1) (h) or (1) (j) of rule 6 of these rules.

10. (1) A vehicle shall not be parked wholly or partly on a footway.

(2) Subject to the provisions of rule 6 (1) of these rules, paragraph (1) of this rule shall not apply to a pedal cycle which does not interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway.

(3) This rule shall not apply to the classes of vehicles outlined at sub-paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (h) and (j) of rule 6 (1) of these rules.

11. A vehicle which is parked on a street on which there is a parking restriction of one hour or more indicated by means of a traffic sign shall not, after the vehicle leaves the place in the street where it had been parked, be parked again within one hour of leaving on that street or, where the parking restriction relates to part of the street only, on that part.

12. Where a roadway marking authorised by article 12 (1) (i) (inserted by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1969 )) of the Regulations of 1962 is not accompanied by an information plate, the prohibition or restriction on the parking of vehicles imposed by means of a roadway marking shall apply during business hours.

13. A driver or other person in charge of a vehicle shall comply with a direction given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform in relation to the parking of the vehicle or its removal from the place where it is parked.

14. A driver shall comply with a prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of a traffic sign.

PART III. Clearways.

15. (1) The stopping or parking of a vehicle on a part of a roadway which is a clearway is hereby prohibited during a clearway period, notwithstanding any indication by means of a traffic sign permitting parking.

(2) This rule does not apply--

( a ) on a holiday, except as otherwise indicated by means of an information plate erected below a clearway sign,

( b ) to a vehicle being used in connection with--

(i) the removal of any obstruction to traffic,

(ii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of a street or part thereof,

(iii) the provision, alteration or repair of a sewer, or a main, drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity, or of a telegraphic or telephonic line,

( c ) to a fire engine, ambulance or Garda Síochána vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,

( d ) to a vehicle stopped or parked because the stopping or parking is necessary in order to avoid an accident,

( e ) to a vehicle which either has been damaged in an accident or has had a breakdown and is parked while such repairs are carried out on it as will enable it to be removed from the clearway,

(f) to an omnibus stopped at a stopping place or stand directed by notice under section 85 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961),

( g ) to a small public service vehicle while merely picking up or setting down passengers,

( h ) to a vehicle stopped when so required under the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968), or the Road Traffic General Bye-Laws, 1964 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1964 ), or because of the exigencies of traffic,

( i ) to a section of roadway which is a road inset,

( j ) to a pedal cycle,

( k ) to a vehicle being used by a member of the Garda Síochána, an authorised person or a traffic warden in the removal of a vehicle stopped or parked in contravention of this rule,

( l ) to a vehicle being used by an authorised person or a traffic warden in the enforcement of this rule.

PART IV. Pedestrianisation.

16. (1) A person shall not with a vehicle enter a street or portion of a street to which this rule applies, or park a vehicle in such a street or portion of street during the period indicated by means of an information plate.

(2) This rule applies to a street or portion of a street at each entry of which traffic sign number 216 authorised by the Regulations of 1962 (as amended by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 256 of 1971 )) is erected.

(3) This rule does not apply to--

( a ) any vehicle which is being used in connection with--

(i) the removal of any obstruction to traffic,

(ii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any street or part of a street,

(iii) the provision, alteration or repair of any sewer or of any main, drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or any telegraphic or telephonic line, or

( b ) a fire engine or ambulance or any vehicle in the service of the Garda Síochána while being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties.

PART V. Provision for Parking Meters and Loading Bays.

17. (1) The following provisions shall apply during business hours to the parking of a vehicle in a meter parking place--

( a ) subject to paragraph (2) of this rule, a vehicle shall be parked only in a parking bay and in the position specified by the traffic sign relating to the parking bay;

( b ) a vehicle shall not (unless exempted) be parked for a period longer than 2 hours;

( c ) a vehicle which had been parked in a meter parking place shall not be parked again in the street containing that meter parking place until at least one hour after the vehicle had last vacated that meter parking place;

( d ) a vehicle shall not be parked in a buffer area;

( e ) a vehicle parked at a time not during business hours shall be removed when a period of business hours commences, unless the appropriate parking fee is paid at such commencement;

(f) a person parking a goods vehicle merely while loading or unloading goods may do so for a period not exceeding 30 minutes without paying the appropriate fee in respect of the meter parking place.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (a) of this rule, a vehicle parked in a parking bay during business hours may project into an adjoining buffer area if the length of the vehicle prevents its being parked wholly in accordance with paragraph (1) (a) of this rule.

(3) This rule shall not apply to a parking bay when the parking meter for that parking bay is temporarily suspended from operation under section 90 (3) (b) (viii) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

18. (1) During business hours a vehicle (other than a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading) shall not be parked in a loading bay.

(2) A goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading shall not be parked during business hours in a loading bay for a period longer than 30 minutes.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this rule, a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform, an authorised person or a traffic warden may during business hours permit the parking of a goods vehicle in a loading bay for loading or unloading purposes for a period longer than 30 minutes.

19. Motor cycles and pedal cycles shall not be parked during business hours in meter parking places and loading bays.

PART VI. Disc Parking.

20. In this Part--

"disc parking place" has the meaning assigned to it by section 90 (2) (c) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ; "parking disc" means a disc or document, or a combination of both, having marks or symbols capable of indicating the year, date and time when the disc, document or combination becomes a valid parking disc;

"valid parking disc" means a parking disc which--

( a ) has been issued by a local authority,

( b ) has been perforated so as to indicate clearly the year, month, day in the month, hour of the day and (to the nearest five-minute period) minute of the hour of the commencement of a period of parking of the vehicle in which the disc is exhibited in accordance with these rules,

( c ) indicates no other year, month, day, hour or minute, and

( d ) indicates that the vehicle is so parked for a period not exceeding the period for which it may be parked in a disc parking place in accordance with these rules.

21. (1) Where a vehicle is parked in a disc parking place during business hours--

( a ) separate distinct perforations indicating the year, month, day in the month, hour of the day and (to the nearest following five-minute period) minute of the hour when the parking commences shall be made on a parking disc at the commencement of the parking;

( b ) the valid parking disc shall be so exhibited in the interior of the vehicle that a person outside the vehicle can ascertain by reference to the perforations when the parking commenced, and

( c ) the valid parking disc shall be exhibited in accordance with paragraph (b) for so long as the vehicle is parked in that disc parking place.

(2) Where a vehicle being parked in a disc parking place during business hours is a goods vehicle being so parked solely for the loading or unloading of goods, paragraph (1) of this rule does not apply until the expiration of 30 minutes after the commencement of the parking.

(3) Where a vehicle which had been parked in a disc parking place for a period less than the maximum parking period for that disc parking place is subsequently lawfully parked in another disc parking place on the same day, it shall not be necessary, subject to compliance with paragraphs 1 (b) and 1 (c) of this rule, to comply with paragraph 1 (a) of this rule.

22. (1) A vehicle parked in a disc parking place during business hours shall not be so parked for longer that the period indicated as the maximum parking period for that disc parking place by means of a traffic sign.

(2) Where a vehicle which had been lawfully parked in a disc parking place is subsequently lawfully parked in another disc parking place, the period to which the subsequent parking is restricted by paragraph (1) shall be reduced by a period equal to the period from the time indicated on the disc to the time when the subsequent parking commenced.

23. Where a vehicle is parked in a disc parking place during business hours a person shall not interfere with a parking disc exhibited in the vehicle.

24. A vehicle parked in a disc parking place at a time which is not during business hours shall be removed from the disc parking place when a period of business hours commences, unless at such commencement and during the remainder of the period of parking a valid parking disc is exhibited in the interior of the vehicle in accordance with rule 21 (1) (b), and 21 (1) (c) shall apply from such commencement in respect of such parking.

25. Where a valid parking disc has been duly exhibited in a vehicle while the vehicle was parked in a particular disc parking place on a particular day in a particular street, the vehicle shall not, within an hour of leaving that disc parking place, again be parked at a disc parking place in that street on that day.

26. Parking discs shall be issued by a local authority.

27. The fee for a parking disc shall be ten new pence.

28. A vehicle which is parked in a disc parking place during business hours shall, where parking bays are provided at that disc parking place, be parked within the area comprising a parking bay.

29. Motor cycles and pedal cycles shall not be parked during business hours in disc parking places.

30. (1) This rule applies to a mechanically propelled vehicle the registered owner and driver of which is a disabled person.

(2) A local authority may grant to a disabled person a permit in writing under this rule.

(3) Where a disabled person holds a permit under this rule, rules 20, 21 and 24 shall not apply to a parking by that person in a disc parking place during business hours of a specified vehicle.

(4) The following provisions apply to a permit under this rule:

(i) application for the permit shall be made in writing to the local authority in whose functional area the applicant resides or works;

(ii) the permit shall be for such period, not exceeding one year, as may be specified in the permit and may, at the discretion of the local authority, be extended on the 1st day of January in each succeeding year for another period not exceeding one year;

(iii) the permit shall be prominently displayed on the vehicle in respect of which it is granted when that vehicle is parked in a disc parking place during business hours.

(5) In this rule--

"disabled person" means a person who, in the opinion of the local authority to which he applies for a permit under this rule, is suffering from a permanent disability that prevents the person from walking or causes undue hardship to the person in walking;

"specified vehicle" means a mechanically propelled vehicle the registered owner of which is a disabled person.

PART VII. Bus Lanes.

31. (1)A person shall not enter a with-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than an omnibus or a pedal cycle.

(2) A person shall not enter a contra-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than an omnibus.

(3) A person shall not enter a bus-only street with a vehicle other than an omnibus except for the purpose of access.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this rule do not apply to a vehicle entering a with-flow bus lane or a contra-flow bus lane solely for the purpose--

( a ) of gaining access to or egress from premises or property adjacent to such a bus lane,

or

( b ) of gaining access to or egress from a road inset adjacent to such a bus lane in order to load or unload goods.

32. A person shall not park a vehicle in a with-flow bus lane or a contra-flow bus lane except where a traffic sign indicates that parking is permitted, and in such a case in accordance with the traffic sign.

33. This Part does not apply to--

( a ) any vehicle which is being used in connection with:--

(i) the removal of any obstruction to traffic,

(ii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of a street or portion of a street to which this Part applies,

(iii) the provision, alteration or repair of a sewer, or of any main, drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or any telegraph or telephone line, or

( b ) a fire engine, an ambulance or any vehicle in the service of the Garda Síochána while being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties.

PART VIII. Miscellaneous.

34. (1) A person shall not deposit goods on a roadway or footway except where necessary whether because of a fire, flood, accident or other emergency or because a vehicle is being lawfully loaded or unloaded.

(2) Where a person deposits goods on a roadway or footway while lawfully loading or unloading a vehicle, he shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent the goods from causing obstruction or avoidable inconvenience to traffic or pedestrians using the roadway or footway, and shall not allow the goods to remain on the roadway or footway for longer than is necessary for the purpose of the loading or unloading.

(3) This rule shall not apply to the placing of bins or other receptacles containing refuse on a roadway or footway on a day of normal refuse collection, if all reasonable precautions are taken to prevent obstruction or avoidable inconvenience to traffic or pedestrians using the roadway or footway.

(4) ( a ) This paragraph applies to a container which contains, or is intended to contain, refuse, rubble or similar material and is so constructed as to be capable of being attached to, or lifted by, a vehicle to facilitate the removal of the container from a roadway or footway.

( b ) A person shall not deposit, or allow to remain, a container to which this paragraph applies, on a roadway or footway during a period when vehicles are required to be lighted unless the container is so lighted as to be clearly visible, and does not cause any danger to other road users.

( c ) A person shall not deposit, or allow to remain a container to which this paragraph applies, on a clearway at a time which is a clearway period for that roadway, or on a footway adjoining a clearway at such a time.

35. (1) Persons awaiting admission to a place of entertainment or amusement or to some other place to which the public resort (whether on payment of money or otherwise) shall, should the entrance to such place form part of or be situate on a roadway or footway, form a queue at or near the entrance to the place and in such a manner as to avoid obstruction to pedestrians or vehicles.

(2) A person in a queue formed in accordance with this rule shall comply with a request or direction relating to the queue and made by an employee from the place or by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform.

36. (1) Persons awaiting admission to street service vehicles at appointed stands for street service vehicles shall form a queue at or near the head of the appointed stand and in such a manner as to avoid obstruction to pedestrians or vehicles.

(2) A person in a queue formed in accordance with this rule shall comply with a request or direction relating to the queue made by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform.

GIVEN under my hand, this 8th day of April, 1982.

PATRICK McLAUGHLIN,

Commissioner of the Garda

Síochána.

The Minister for the Environment hereby consents to the making of the foregoing temporary rules.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment,

this 16th day of April, 1982.

RAPHAEL P. BURKE,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. These rules (Part II) provide for and outline the conditions for parking of vehicles on public roads in the Dublin area.

2. These rules (Part III) provide for a prohibition on the stopping or parking of vehicles for any purpose (unless exempted during clearway periods.

3. These rules (Part IV) provide for the pedestrianisation of streets or sections of streets.

4. These rules (Part V) provide for meter parking places and loading bays and the conditions for parking in such places.

5. These rules (Part VI) provide for disc "fee" parking facilities.

6. These rules (Part VII) introduce regulatory provisions for bus lanes, contra-flow bus lanes and bus-only streets.

7. These rules (Part VIII) prohibit the depositing of goods on a roadway or footway and provide for persons forming queues while awaiting admission to places of entertainment, and street service vehicles at appointed stands for street service vehicles.