Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987
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Amendment of Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974. |
11.—The Act of 1974 is hereby amended— | |
(a) in section 1, by the insertion before the definition of “functions” of the following definitions: | ||
“‘busway’ means a public road or a proposed public road that is declared to be a busway under section 2 of this Act; | ||
‘mechanically propelled vehicle’, ‘pedal cyclist’, and ‘street service vehicle’ have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ; | ||
‘passenger road service’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Road Transport Act, 1932 ;”, | ||
(b) in section 2, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): | ||
“(2A) The Minister may by order declare any public road or proposed public road or any part of any public road or proposed public road to be a busway.”, | ||
(c) in section 9, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the use of a busway shall be restricted to: | ||
(i) mechanically propelled vehicles engaged in the provision of passenger road services, | ||
(ii) street service vehicles, | ||
(iii) ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and vehicles used by members of the Garda Síochána in the performance of their duties as such members, | ||
(iv) such other classes of vehicles as may be prescribed, after consultation with the Minister for Tourism and Transport, in relation to busways, specified busways or specified parts of specified busways. | ||
(b) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Tourism and Transport, prescribe conditions in relation to: | ||
(i) the use of busways, specified busways or specified parts of specified busways by vehicles or specified classes of vehicles (including conditions specifying the periods of use of busways by specified classes of vehicles) and different conditions may be prescribed for different busways and different classes of vehicles, and | ||
(ii) any classes of vehicles that may, by virtue of paragraph (a) (iv) of this subsection, use busways, specified busways or specified parts of specified busways. | ||
(4) (a) The following shall not use a busway: | ||
(i) pedestrians (other than for the purpose of gaining access to vehicles specified in subsection (3) of this section), | ||
(ii) pedal cyclists and persons driving mechanically propelled vehicles of a class other than a class authorised by the said subsection (3) to use that busway. | ||
(b) Persons in charge of, or having control over, animals shall not permit them to be on a busway. | ||
(5) Any orders or regulations made, by virtue of section 27 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act, 1986 , under this Act and in force immediately before the commencement of the Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987, shall continue in force after such commencement, and may be amended or revoked, as if they had been made, by virtue of this section, under this Act. | ||
(6) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or (4) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £150. | ||
(7) This Act (other than sections 2 (2), 7 and 9) shall applyto busways as it applies to motorways with any necessary modifications.”. |