S.I. No. 280/1992:

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY BOROUGH OF WATERFORD AND COUNTY OF WATERFORD) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1992.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY BOROUGH OF WATERFORD AND COUNTY OF WATERFORD) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1992.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 46 of the said Act (as amended by section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (i) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992.

(ii) The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 8 of 1986 ) and these Regulations shall be construed together and may be cited collectively as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1986 to 1992.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 5th day of October, 1992.

3. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No 8 of 1986 ).

4. The Third Schedule of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following:--

"7. The following roads at Windgap (The Sweep):--

( a ) The new Dungarvan-Youghal road between a point 390 metres north-east of its junction with the Glenmore Road and a point 380 metres south-east of the said junction.

( b ) The Glenmore Road for a distance of 30 metres west of its junction with the new Dungarvan-Youghal road.

( c ) The road connecting the new Dungarvan-Youghal road and the old Dungarvan-Youghal road (National Road N25) for a distance of 15 metres from its junction with the new Dungarvan-Youghal road."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 6th day of November, 1992.

MICHAEL SMITH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1986 by prescribing a speed limit of 40 mph in respect of the public roads mentioned in these Regulations.

Ambulances, Fire Brigade vehicles and Garda Síochána vehicles while being used in the course of duty are exempt from the speed limit.