S.I. No. 748/2021 - Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 (Fixed Charge Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th January, 2022.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 (No. 14 of 1975), and after consultation with the Minister for Justice (as adapted by the Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 452 of 2020 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 (Fixed Charge Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February 2022.

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 (Fixed Charge Offences) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 136 of 2006 ).

4. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) €80, in respect of the offence under section 35 (5) of the Act of 1994 for a contravention of the provision of the Regulations mentioned in Schedule 1A,”.

5. The Principal Regulations are amended by the insertion of the following Schedule after Schedule 1:

“Regulation 5(aa)

Schedule 1A

€80 fixed charge

Offence under Section 35(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1994

Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I . No. 182 of 1997)

Article	Description of Offence
36(2)(i)	Parking a vehicle on a footway, a grass margin or a median strip
36(2)(m)	Parking a vehicle in a cycle track where traffic sign number RUS 009, RUS 058 or RUS 059 is provided
39	Parking a vehicle in a bus lane or on a bus only street”.

6. The Table in Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is amended -

(a) in the column entitled “Article”, by the insertion of “other than paragraphs (2)(i) and (m)” after “36 (as amended by Article 7 of S.I. No. 274 of 1998 )”,

(b) in the column entitled “Article”, by the deletion of “39”, and

(c) in the column entitled “Description of Offence”, by the deletion of “Contravention of prohibition on parking a vehicle in a bus lane/bus-only street”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 December, 2021.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations increase the fixed charge for parking on a footway, a cycle track, or a bus lane.