Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987

Conferral of certain powers under Road Traffic Act, 1961 on Commissioner of Garda Síochána.

8.—(1) The powers of the Authority under sections 84, 85, 89, 90, 93 (9) and 95 of the Act of 1961 (being powers that were transferred from the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána to the Authority bysections 38, 37, 32, 33, 39 (1) (b) and 35, respectively, of the Act of 1986) are hereby conferred on the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

(2) Any bye-laws, temporary rules or directions under a provision aforesaid of the Act of 1961 in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force after such commencement, and may be amended or revoked, as if they had been made or given by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána under that provision.

(3) (a) A sign or a traffic sign standing provided under the said section 93 (9) or 95 before the commencement of this Act in the functional area of the Authority shall be deemed to have been provided pursuant to a request or requirement, or with the consent, made or, as the case may be, given by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána under the said section 93 (9) or 95, as the case may be.

(b) Any request, requirement or consent under the said section 93 (9) or 95 that is in force immediately before such commencement shall continue in force, as if it had been made or, as the case may be, given by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána under the said section 93 (9) or 95, as the case may be.