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Control of traffic when there is event attracting large assembly, etc.
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91.—(1) For the purpose of preserving order in relation to traffic when there is an event attracting a large assembly of persons or when there is traffic congestion or a fire, flood or similar occurrence, a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform may do all or any of the following things: divert, regulate and control traffic and regulate and control the parking of vehicles.
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(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall, in particular, include power to do all or any of the following things by oral or manual direction:
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(a) prohibit the passage of traffic;
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(b) indicate the direction in which traffic is to proceed;
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(c) prohibit the parking of vehicles;
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(d) indicate places for the parking of vehicles or as standsfor public service vehicles and regulate their use;
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(e) make any other prohibitions or indications which he considers necessary for preventing obstruction or disorder in traffic.
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(3) A person who contravenes a direction given by a member of the Garda Síochána under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person may, for the purposes of this section, act temporarily as a parking attendant subject to his having been authorised so to do by an officer of the Garda Síochána.
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