Road Traffic Act, 1933

Approval of bye-laws by the Minister.

8.—(1) Every bye-law made by the Commissioner under this Act which is required by this Act to be made with the consent of the Minister shall be submitted in the prescribed manner to the Minister for his approval.

(2) Whenever a bye-law is submitted to the Minister under this section the Minister shall either, as he shall think proper, refuse to approve of such bye-law, or approve thereof without modification, or make such modifications therein as he shall think proper and approve of such bye-law as so modified.

(3) Every bye-law approved of by the Minister under this section (whether with or without modification) shall be published in the prescribed manner.

(4) No such bye-law as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-sections of this section shall be of any force or effect unless or until it has been submitted to and approved of by the Minister and published in accordance with this section.

(5) Whenever the Commissioner proposes to make under this Act a bye-law which is required by this Act to be made after consultation with the local authority concerned, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(a) The Commissioner shall give to the council of every county, county borough, borough, and urban district and the commissioners of every town to which or to any part of which such bye-law is intended to apply notice of his intention to make such bye-law and the Commissioner shall consider all representations made to him by any such council or commissioners in respect of such proposed bye-law;

(b) the Commissioner shall, if and when he submits such bye-law to the Minister under this section, give to every such council and commissioners notice of such submission and the Minister shall consider all representations made to him by any such council or commissioners in respect of such bye-law;

(c) the Minister shall not approve of such bye-law before the expiration of one month after notice of the submission of such bye-law to him was given under this section to every such council and commissioners;

(d) for the purposes of this sub-section a bye-law shall not be deemed to be intended to apply to any part of a county unless it is intended to apply to some part of such county which is not in any borough, urban district, or town;

(e) in this sub-section the word “town” means a town having town commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 .