S.I. No. 3/1971 - Donegal Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 1970.

S.I. No. 3 of 1971.

DONEGAL APPOINTED STANDS (STREET SERVICE VEHICLES) BYE-LAWS, 1970.

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS.

BYE-LAW.

1. Short title.

2. Area of application.

3. Interpretation.

4. Appointment of appointed stands.

5. Position of vehicles on appointed stands.

6. Maximum number of street service vehicles at an appointed stand.

7. Vacancies at appointed stands.

8. General provisions relating to appointed stands.

9. General restriction on street service vehicles standing for hire.

S.I. No. 3 of 1971.

DONEGAL APPOINTED STANDS (STREET SERVICE VEHICLEX) BYE-LAWS, 1970.

I, MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 84 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), with the consent of the Minister for Local Government and after consultation with the council of the county of Donegal, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area declared under section 2 (6) of the Local Government (Planning and Development Act, 1963 (No. 28 of 1963), by the council of the county of Donegal to be comprised in the town of Donegal.

1 Short title.

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Donegal Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 1970.

2 Area of application.

2. These bye-laws shall apply to the area declared under section 2 (6) of the Local Government (Planning and Development Act, 1963 (No. 28 of 1963) by the council of the county of Donegal to be comprised in the town of Donegal.

3 Interpretation.

3. In these bye-laws—

"street" means a public road ;

reference to the head of an appointed stand shall be construed as referring to that end of the appointed stand from which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the Schedule to these bye-laws ;

references to the rear of an appointed stand shall be construed as referring to that end of the appointed stand to which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the Schedule to these bye-laws ;

references to the order of the vehicles on an appointed stand shall be construed as referring to the order of the vehicles reckoned from the head of the appointed stand towards the rear of the appointed stand.

4 Appointment of appointed stands.

4. In the several streets named in column (2) of the Schedule to these bye-laws, each of the places delimited in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention in the said column (2) of any such street shall be an appointed stand available, subject to these bye-laws, for use without limitation as to time or occasion of user.

5 Position of vehicles on appointed stands.

5. (1) For the purpose of these bye-laws, a street service vehicle shall be deemed not to be standing for hire on an appointed stand unless the whole of the vehicle is within the limits of the appointed stand as stated in column (3) of the Schedule to these bye-laws.

(2) Every street service vehicle standing for hire on an appointed stand shall be placed—

(a) in the position specified in column (5) of the Schedule to these bye-laws opposite the mention of the appointed stand in column (3) of that Schedule, and

(b) in case there is no street service vehicle already on the appointed stand, at the head of the appointed stand and, in any other case, next in order to the street service vehicle or the last of the street service vehicles already on the appointed stand, and a street service vehicle shall be deemed for the purpose of these bye-laws not to be standing for hire on the appointed stand unless placed thereon in accordance with this paragraph.

6 Maximum number of street service vehicles at an appointed stand.

6. Whenever the number of street service vehicles standing for hire on an appointed stand is equal to the number mentioned in column (4) of the Schedule to these bye-laws opposite the mention of the appointed stand in column (3) of that Schedule, the driver of any street, service vehicle not already so standing for hire shall not place that street service vehicle on that appointed stand.

7 Vacancies at appointed stands.

7. Whenever a vacancy occurs at an appointed stand by reason of the departure therefrom of a street service vehicle, the street service vehicle nearest to the space so vacated shall be moved by its driver into that space and thereupon each driver of any other street service vehicle then standing on that appointed stand shall in turn move his vehicle into the space which is next in order to him and is in the direction of the head of the appointed stand.

8 General provisions relating to appointed stands.

8. The following provisions shall apply in respect of street service vehicles standing for hire on an appointed stand :—

(a) a person shall not wash, overhaul or execute repairs to a street service vehicle while it is standing for hire on an appointed stand, except such repairs as may be necessary to enable the street service vehicle to be removed from the appointed stand ;

(b) a person shall not make any unnecessary noise by means of the vehicle or by anything carried in or on or attached or connected to it ;

(c) the driver of a street service vehicle which is placed on, being brought into or removed from an appointed stand shall comply with all directions given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in relation to the placing of the street service vehicle on the appointed stand or the bringing of the street service vehicle into or the removal of the street service vehicle from the appointed stand.

9 General restrictions on street service vehicles standing for hire.

9. A driver of a street service vehicle shall not stand the street service vehicle for hire otherwise than on an appointed stand and in accordance with these bye-laws.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PERMANENT APPOINTED STANDS.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Limits of Appointed Stand	Maximum Number of Vehicles	Position of Vehicle on Appointed Stand
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
1.	The Diamond	From a point seven feet north of the Memorial to a point three feet north of the Weigh bridge and parallel to the kerb of the footpath fronting the Abbey Hotel and at a distance of thirty six feet therefrom.	8	Side by side on the east side of a line drawn between the two points mentioned in column (3), and facing the Abbey Hotel.

GIVEN under my hand this 5th day of November, 1970.

MICHAEL J. WYMES,

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

The Minister for Local Government hereby consents to the making of the foregoing bye-laws.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government,

this 7th day of January, 1971.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These bye-laws :—

1. Provide a stand for street service vehicles as indicated in the Schedule to these bye-laws, and

2. Prohibit the driver of a street service vehicle from standing the vehicle for hire elsewhere than on an appointed stand.