S.I. No. 148/1947 - Bray Traffic Bye-Laws, 1947.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 148.

BRAY TRAFFIC BYE-LAWS, 1947.

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS.

Bye-Law.

1. Short Title.

2. Interpretation.

3. Definitions.

4. Crossing-places for pedestrians.

5. One-way streets.

6. Deposit of goods in streets.

7. Obligation to form queues.

SCHEDULE.

ONE-WAY STREETS.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.

1947. No. 148.

BRAY TRAFFIC BYE-LAWS, 1947.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 149 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933), that the Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána may, with the consent of the Minister for Local Government and after consultation with the local authority concerned, make in respect of any specified area Bye-Laws for all or any of the purposes mentioned in that sub-section :

AND WHEREAS the Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána has, before making the Bye-Laws hereinafter set forth, consulted the Urban District Council of Bray in regard thereto :

NOW, I, MICHAEL J. KINNANE, Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sub-section (1) of section 149, of the Road Traffic Act, 1993 (No. 11 of 1933), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, testified by his official seal affixed hereto, make the following Bye-Laws in respect of the Urban District of Bray, that is to say :—

1 Short title.

1. These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Bray Traffic Bye-Laws, 1947.

2 Interpretation.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to these Bye-Laws.

3 Definitions.

3. (1) In these Bye-laws—

the expression " the Act " means the Road Traffic Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933) ;

the expression " the Urban District " means the Urban District of Bray ;

the word " driving " when used in relation to a vehicle includes managing an controlling, and the word " driver " and other cognate words shall be construed accordingly ;

the word " vehicle " has the same meaning as it has in the Act ;

the word " traffic " includes vehicles and animals (other than dogs and cats) of every description but does not include pedestrians ;

the word " street " has the same meaning as the word " road " has in the Act.

(2) Every mention in these Bye-Laws of the name of any street or bridge shall be construed as referring to the street or bridge (as the case may be) in the Urban District which is known (whether by official naming or popular usage) by that name.

(3) Every expression and word used in these Bye-Laws to which a particular meaning is given by section 3 of the Act shall, save as is otherwise provided, by the first paragraph of this Bye-Law, have in these Bye-Laws the meaning given to it by the said section 3.

4 Crossing places for pedestrians.

4. Wherever a crossing place for pedestrians over a roadway in the Urban District is indicated by means of signs or marks placed upon the surface of such roadway by the Council charged with the maintenance of such roadway, no pedestrian shall cross such roadway outside and within fifty feet from the crossing place so indicated.

5 One-way streets.

5. (1) Every of the streets or portion of a street mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to these Bye-Laws shall be a one-way street during the period or times mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule opposite to the mention of such street or portion of a street in the said first column.

(2) No person shall drive, lead, or conduct any vehicle along or through any street or portion of a street mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to these Bye-Laws during any period of time for or at which it is a one-way street in any direction other than the direction mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of such street or portion of a street in the said first column.

6 Deposit of goods in streets.

6. (1) No person shall deposit any goods in any street in the Urban District save in the case of fire, flood, accident, or other emergency or for the purposes of lawfully loading or unloading a vehicle or animal.

(2) Whenever any person deposits any goods in a street in the Urban District because of fire, flood, accident or any other emergency, such person shall remove such goods or cause such goods to be removed from such street as soon as is practicable.

(3) Whenever any person deposits any goods in a street in the Urban District for the purpose of lawfully loading or unloading a vehicle or animal, such person—

(a) shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent such deposit causing obstruction or avoidable inconvenience to traffic or pedestrians using such street, and

(b) shall not allow such goods to remain so deposited for longer than is necessary for the purpose of such loading or unloading (as the case may be), and

(c) shall remove such goods from the said street as soon as may be practicable having regard to the exigencies of such loading or unloading, as the case may be.

7 Obligation to form queues.

7. (1) Persons awaiting admission to a building or other place of public amusement or public resort shall arrange themselves in an orderly manner in a queue formed in accordance with this Bye-law.

(2) Where there are two or more entrances to any such building or other place, a separate queue shall be formed in respect of every such entrance, at which there are persons awaiting admission.

(3) Every queue shall be formed in accordance with such general directions in relation to the formation of queues as shall be given by the Superintendent of the Gárda Síochána within whose District such queue is formed and in accordance with such particular directions (not inconsistent with such general directions) as may be given by a member of the Gárda Síochána on duty at the place where such queue is formed or, where there is no such member, by an official of the building or other place for the admission to which such queue is formed.

(4) Every queue shall consist of either a single line of persons or of two, and not more than two, lines of persons, and shall, where a footway is available for the purpose, be formed on such footway on either the inner or outer side thereof in such manner as not to occupy the entire width of such footway or wholly to obstruct the passage of pedestrians along such footway.

(5) Every person seeking admission to a building or other place at an entrance in respect of which a queue is formed shall take his place at the rear of such queue unless he is expressly given some other place in such queue by a person in such queue who for that purpose vacates his place in such queue.

(6) Every person in a queue shall move forwards in an orderly manner towards the entrance in respect of which such queue is formed as the persons in front of him in such queue gain admission at such entrance or move forward towards such entrance or leave such queue otherwise than for the purpose of giving their places in such queue to other persons.

(7) Whenever a queue is required by this Bye-law to be formed in relation to admission to a building or other place, no person shall enter or attempt to enter such building or other place by an entrance in respect of which a queue is so formed save by means of such queue or unless or until he has arrived at such entrance by orderly progress in accordance with this Bye-law through such queue.

(8) Where, in any building or other place of public amusement or public resort, there is a general entrance to which persons are permitted to pass freely on their way to a particular entrance through which admission is only permitted on payment of money or on presentation or surrender of a ticket or similar article, the word " entrance " in this Bye-law means, in relation to such building or other place, any such particular entrance to which such general entrance leads and does not mean or include such general entrance.

SCHEDULE.

ONE-WAY STREETS.

GIVEN under my hand this 12th day of September, 1947.

(Signed) MICHAEL J. KINNANE,

Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 8 of the Road Traffic Act, 1933 , the Commissioner has submitted the foregoing Bye-laws to the Minister for Local Government ; AND WHEREAS the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 8 have been complied with in relation to the said Bye-laws ; NOW THEREFORE the Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 149 of the said Act hereby consents to the making of the said Bye-laws.

GIVEN under the official seal of the Minister for Local Government this 31st day of October, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-seven.

(Signed) SEÁN MACENTEE,

Minister for Local Government.