S.I. No. 509/2001 - Ballina Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 2001


ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

1.

Citation.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Appointment of appointed stands.

4.

Position of vehicles at appointed stands.

5.

Maximum number of street service vehicles at appointed stands.

6.

Vacancies at appointed stands.

7.

General provisions relating to appointed stands.

8.

General restriction on street service vehicles standing for hire.

SCHEDULE

Permanent Appointed Stands

I, Michael P. Byrne, 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 1968)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) (as adapted by the Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 322 of 1997 )), with the consent of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government and after consultation with the Council of the urban district of Ballina, make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the urban district of Ballina.

Citation.

1.       These bye-laws may be cited as the Ballina Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 2000.

Interpretation.

2.       (1)      In these bye-laws -

“Schedule” means the Schedule to these bye-laws;

“street” means a public road.

(2)      In these bye-laws -

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

(b)      a reference to the order of street service vehicles at an appointed stand shall be construed as a reference to the order of the vehicles reckoned from the head of the appointed stand to the rear of the appointed stand.

Appointment of appointed stands.

3.       Subject to these bye-laws, in each location mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule, each part of the roadway described in column (3) of the Schedule opposite the mention in column (2) of the location shall be available for use as an appointed stand without limitation as to time.

Position of vehicles appointed stands.

4. (1)  A street service vehicle standing for hire at at an appointed stand shall be placed -

(a)      within the limits of the appointed stand as specified in column (3) of the Schedule.

(b)      in the position specified in column (5) of the Schedule opposite the mention of the appointed stand in column (3) of the Schedule and,

(c)      in case there is no street service vehicle already at the appointed stand, at the head of the appointed stand or, in any other case, next in order and as near as practicable to a street service vehicle at the appointed stand.

(2)  A street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed shall not be placed more than 45 centimetres from the kerb.

(3)  A street service vehicle shall be deemed for the purpose of these bye-laws not to be standing for hire at the appointed stand if it does not comply with this bye-law.

Maximum number of street service vehicles at appointed stands.

5.       The number of street service vehicles standing for hire at an appointed stand specified in column (3) of the Schedule at any reference number shall not exceed the number specified in column (4) of the Schedule at that reference number.

Vacancies at appointed stands.

6.       Whenever a street service vehicle vacates its position at an appointed stand it shall be replaced immediately by the street service vehicle (if any) next in order at the stand.

General provisions relating to appointed stands.

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

(a)      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 stand;

(b)      the driver of such a street service vehicle shall comply with any directions given to him or her by a member of the Garda Síochána in relation to the placing of the street service vehicle at the stand or in relation to the bringing it into, or removing it from, the stand.

General restriction on street service vehicles standing for hire.

8.       A driver of a street service vehicle shall not stand the street service vehicle for hire in the urban district of Ballina otherwise than at an appointed stand and in accordance with these bye-laws.

SCHEDULE

PERMANENT APPOINTED STANDS

Ref. No.

Location

Limits of Appointed Stand

Maximum Number of Vehicles

Position of Vehicles on Appointed Stand

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

Market Road

East side of the roadway between a point 42 metres south of its junction with Humbert Street and a point 72 metres south of the junction.

5

In a single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing southwards.

2

Emmett Street

East side of the roadway between a point 10 metres north of its junction with Tolan Street and a point 64 metres north of the junction.

9

In a single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing southwards.

3

Pearse Street

West side of the roadway between a point 76 metres south of its junction with Humbert Street and a point 100 metres south of the junction.

4

In a single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing northwards.

4

Tone Street

South side of the roadway between a point 105 metres east of its junction with Teeling Street and a point 123 metres east of the junction.

3

In a single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing eastwards.

5

Arran Place

Northwestern side of the roadway between a point 19 metres northeast of its junction with Humbert Street and a point 43 metres northeast of the junction.

4

In a single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing northeastwards.

6

O'Rahilly Street

East side of the roadway between a point 11 metres south of its junction with Tolan Street and a point 35 metres south of the junction.

4

In a single line by the kerb and parallel thereto facing southwards.

Given under my hand,

        17 th. Sept.   2001

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COMMISSIONER OF THE GARDA SIOCHANA

In exercise of the power conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by the said section 84 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 , which power was delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, consent to the making of the foregoing bye-laws.

           16 th October     2001.

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Minister of State at the Department of the Environment

and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

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 on an appointed stand in the urban district of Ballina.