Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 31st October, 2014.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 95 (as amended by section 78 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 (No. 25 of 2010)) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limit - Traffic Signs) (Local Roads) Regulations 2014.

(2) The Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997 to 2013 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997 to 2014.

2. (1) An alternative design for speed limit sign number RUS 041 set out in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Speed Limit - Traffic Signs) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 10 of 2005 ) may be provided to indicate-

(a) in respect of a local road, the regional and local roads speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour, or

(b) where special speed limit bye-laws specify the special speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour in respect of a local road or part of a local road in a built-up area, that special speed limit.

(2) The alternative design for speed limit sign RUS 041 referred to in paragraph (1) consists of a white disc with a black border displaying diagonal parallel lines in black, the dimensions and design of which are set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Sign No. RUS 041

(alternative design)

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 October 2014.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

Speed limit sign RUS 041 must be provided on a public road where a speed limit of 80km/h applies. A format for speed limit sign RUS 041 which displays 80 km/h was prescribed in S.I. No. 10 of 2005 .

The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe an alternative format for the regulatory speed limit sign RUS 041. The RUS 041 sign in this new design may be provided, instead of a RUS 041 sign in the other format, on local roads where the default speed limit of 80km/h applies under section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 and at a location where a special speed limit under section 9 of the Act is applied to a local road in a built-up area under speed limit byelaws by a local authority.

Speed limit sign RUS 041 is a regulatory speed limit traffic sign to indicate that an enforceable speed limit of 80km/h applies and this applies to whichever of the two formats is used.