S.I. No. 303/1986 - Galway Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 1986.

S.I. No. 303 of 1986.

GALWAY APPOINTED STANDS (STREET SERVICE VEHICLES) BYE-LAWS, 1986.

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS.

1. Short title.

2. Interpretation.

3. Appointment of appointed stands.

4. Main and subsidiary appointed stands.

5. Position of vehicles at 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 restrictions on street service vehicles standing for hire.

10. Revocation.

S.I. No. 303 of 1986.

GALWAY APPOINTED STANDS (STREET SERVICE VEHICLES) BYE-LAWS, 1986.

I, LAURENCE WREN, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 84. (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1978)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, and after consultation with the mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Galway, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the county borough of Galway:

1 Short title.

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Galway Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-laws, 1986.

2 Interpretation.

2. In these bye-laws—

"building line" means, in relation to a side of a street on which there is no straight line of buildings, the edge of that side of the street;

"street" means a public road;

reference to the order of the vehicles at an appointed stand as referring to that end of the appointed stand from which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the appropriate Schedule to these bye-laws;

reference 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 appropriate Schedule to these bye-laws;

reference to the order of the vehicles at 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.

3 Appointment of appointed stands.

3. In each street named in column (2) of the First Schedule to these bye-laws, each part of the street described in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention in column (2) of the street shall be an appointed stand available, subject to these bye-laws, for use without limitation as to time or occasion of user.

4 Main and subsidiary appointed stands.

4. For the purpose of these bye-laws:

( a ) each of the appointed stands mentioned in column (2) of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws shall be known as a main appointed stand;

( b ) each of the appointed stands mentioned in column (3) of the said Second Schedule shall be known as a subsidiary appointed stand.

5 Position of vehicles at appointed stands.

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

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

( a ) in the position specified in column (5) of the First 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 at the appointed stand, at the head of the appointed stand and, in any other case, next in order to the street service vehicle at the appointed stand and as near as practicable to the street service vehicle immediately in front.

and a street service vehicle shall be deemed for the purpose of these bye-laws not to be standing for hire at the appointed stand unless it complies with this paragraph.

(3) Where the First Schedule to these bye-laws requires a street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand to be placed in single line by the kerb and parallel to the kerb or with the rear of the vehicle to the kerb, a vehicle shall not be placed more than eighteen inches from the kerb.

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

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

7 Vacancies at appointed stands.

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

(2) Whenever a vacancy occurs at a main appointed stand by reason of the departure from the stand of a street service vehicle, the driver of the street service vehicle at the head of the subsidiary appointed stand first referred to in column (3) of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws opposite the mention in column (2) of that Schedule of the main appointed stand (or, where one or more subsidiary appointed stands are so referred to, the driver of the street service vehicle at the head of the first subsidiary appointed stand so referred to) shall place that street service vehicle on the main appointed stand in the space created by the vacancy.

(3) Whenever a vacancy occurs at a subsidiary appointed stand by reason of the departure from the stand of a street service vehicle, the driver of the street service vehicle at the head of the subsidiary appointed stand referred to secondly in column (3) of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws opposite the mention in Column (2) of that Schedule of the main appointed stand shall place the street service vehicle at the subsidiary appointed stand first referred to in Column (3) of that Schedule of the main appointed stand.

8 General provisions relating to appointed stands.

8. The following provisions shall apply to street service vehicles standing for hire at an appointed stand:

( a ) a street service vehicle shall not be placed at an appointed stand that it rests wholly or partly on a footway, or that portion of the vehicle projects over the footway so as to interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway;

( b ) a person shall not wash, overhaul or execute repairs to such a street service vehicle, except such repairs as may be necessary to enable the vehicle to be removed from the appointed stand;

( c ) neither the driver of such a street service vehicle nor any other person shall make any unnecessary noise by means of or in relation to the vehicle or the engine or any equipment, fittings or instruments fitted to or carried on the vehicle or any loudspeaker in or on or in any way connected with the vehicle.

( d ) the driver of such a street service vehicle 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 at 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 at an appointed stand and in accordance with these bye-laws.

10 Revocation.

10. The Galway Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws 1980 ( S.I. No. 199 of 1980 ), are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Limits of Appointed Stand	Maximum No. of vehicles	Position of vehicle on stand.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
1.	Mainguard Street	On the north side of the roadway from a point opposite the western gable line of John Raftery & Sons ltd. shop to a point 40 feet (12.19 metres) east of said point.	2	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing west.
2,	Salthill	On the south side of the roadway from a point opposite the eastern gable line of No. 179 Upper Salthill to a point 80 feet (24.38 metres) west of same.	4	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.
3.	Thomas Hynes Road	On the east side of the roadway from a point opposite the Public Telephone Kiosk to a point 80 feet (24.38 metres) north of same.	4	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing east.
4.	Plunkett Avenue Mervue	On the north side of the roadway from a point opposite public lamp standard number 1452 to a point 80 feet (24.38 metres) west of same.	4	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.
5.	Eyre Square	On the roadway adjacent to the north western side of the footpath which extends from Mellows Monument in a southwesterly direction for a distance of 346 feet (105.46 metres) from the said monument.	17	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing southwest towards the Ulster Bank.
6.	Eyre Square	On the north side of the roadway from a point 15 feet (4.9 metres) east of its junction with Rosemary lane for a distance of 198 feet (60.35 metres) — to a point 15 feet (4.9 metres) west of its junction with Eyre Street.	9	In single line by the kerb and facing towards the Eyre Street junction.
7.	Eyre Square	On the west side of the roadway between a point 20 feet (6.1 metres) north of its junction with William Street West for a distance of 198 feet (60.35 metres) to its junction with Rosemary lane.	10	In single line by the kerb and facing towards Rosemary lane.
8.	Eyre Square	On the roadway adjacent to a public lavatory from a point 33 feet (9.9 metres) from the junction of Eure Square West and Eyre Square North to a point 217 feet (65.1 metres) from the junction of Eyre Square North and Eyre Square East.	2	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing northeast.
9.	Salthill	On the south side of the roadway at the traffic island opposite Sea Point Ballroom from the eastern corner of the traffic island to a point 57 feet (17.1 metres) from the western corner of the said traffic island.	6	With front or rear to the traffic island mentioned in column (3) across facing east.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAIN AND SUBSIDIARY APPOINTED STANDS.

Ref. No.	Main Appointed Stands	Subsidiary Appointed Stands
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	The appointed stand mentioned at reference number 5 of the first schedule to these bye-laws.	The appointed stand mentioned at reference numbers 6 and 7 of the first schedule to these bye-laws.

GIVEN under my hand, this 18th day of July, 1986.

L. WREN,

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 28th

day of August, 1986.

PATRICK COONEY,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These bye-laws—

1. provide stands for street service vehicles as indicated in the Schedule to these bye-laws;

2. outline the conditions subject to which street service vehicles may lawfully use the stands;

3. prohibit the driver of a street service vehicle from standing the vehicle for hire elsewhere than at an appointed stand in the county borough of Galway;

4. revoke the Galway Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-laws 1980.