S.I. No. 294/2002 - Mullingar Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 2002



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

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, and the Schedule to, 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 Westmeath County Council, make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the town of Mullingar:

Citation.

1.       These bye-laws may be cited as the Mullingar Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 2002.

Interpretation.

2.       (1)      In these bye-laws -

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

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 rear of an appointed stand shall be construed as a reference to that end of the appointed stand to which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the schedule,

(c)      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 is appointed for use as an appointed stand without limitation as to time.

Position of vehicles at appointed stands.

4. (1)  A street service vehicle standing for hire 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)      where 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 and as near as practicable to the street service vehicle immediately in front at the appointed stand.

(2)  Where a street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand is required by paragraph (1)(b) of this bye-law to be placed with the rear of the street service vehicle to the kerb, or in a single line by the kerb and parrallel thereto, it 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 vehicle 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 bringing it into, or removing it from, the appointed 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 town of Mullingar 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

Dominick Street

On the north side of the roadway between a point 48.7 metres west of its junction with Mary Street and a point 63.1 metres west of the junction.

5

Rear to the kerb.

2

Pearse Street

On the south side of the roadway between a point 5 metres west of its junction with Church Avenue and a point 23.5 metres west of the junction.

3

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

3

Church Avenue

On the west side of the roadway between a point 5 metres south of its junction with Pearse Street and a point of 56 meters south of the junction.

9

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

Given under my hand,

28th.    March      2002

/images/en.si.2002.0294.0001.jpg

COMMISSIONER OF THE GARDA SÍOCHÁNA

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

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

16th day of May       2002

/images/seal.jpg

/images/en.si.2002.0294.0002.jpg

Minister for 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 town of Mullingar.