S.I. No. 334/1993:

DUBLIN AREA TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1993.

DUBLIN AREA TRAFFIC AND PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1993.

I, PATRICK J. CULLIGAN, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 90 (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), the Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 269 of 1977 ), with the consent of the Minister for the Environment, hereby make the following temporary rules in respect of the area comprising the county borough of Dublin and the administrative county of Dublin, including the borough of Dún Laoghaire and the town of Balbriggan:

1. These Rules may be cited as the Dublin Area Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1993.

2. These Rules shall come into operation on the 19th day of November, 1993.

3. In these Rules--

"disabled drivers parking bay" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of the Regulations of 1992 and shall be indicated by means of--

( a ) the roadway markings of the type provided for in Section B as amended by Article 5 of the Regulations of 1992 of Part VIII (inserted by Article 5 (f) of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 )), and

( b ) a symbol, the dimensions and design of which shall be as provided for in Section C (inserted by Article 6 (b) of the Regulations of 1992) of the said Part VIII;

"the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1962 );

"the Regulations of 1992" means the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 183 of 1992 ).

4. These Rules shall apply to the area comprising the county borough of Dublin and the administrative county of Dublin, including the borough of Dún Laoghaire and the town of Balbriggan.

5. The stopping or parking of a vehicle is hereby prohibited on a part of a roadway along which roadway markings of the type authorised and described in Article 12 (w) and Section D (inserted by the Regulations of 1992) of the Principal Regulations are provided.

6. A vehicle other than a mechanically propelled vehicle, displaying a permit granted to a disabled person in accordance with By-law 31 (2) of the Dublin Area Traffic and Parking By-laws, 1986 ( S.I. No. 182 of 1986 ), shall not be parked in a disabled drivers parking bay.

7. These Rules shall not apply to--

( a ) a vehicle being used in connection with the removal of an obstruction to traffic, the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of a public road, the provision, alteration or repair of a sewer or of a main, drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of a telegraph or telephone line, or the provision of a traffic sign,

( b ) a fire brigade vehicle, an ambulance, or a vehicle being used by a member of the Garda Síochána in the performance of his duties as such member, or

( c ) a vehicle which has either been damaged in an accident or, having had a breakdown, has been parked while such repairs as will enable it to be removed are carried out on it.

GIVEN under my hand, this 22nd day of September, 1993.

PATRICK J. CULLIGAN,

Commissioner of An Garda Síochána.

The Minister for the Environment consents to the making of the foregoing temporary rules.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 8th day of November, 1993.

MICHAEL SMITH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Temporary Rules provide for a prohibition on the parking or stopping of vehicles outside school entrances and for the provision of reserved on street parking bays for disabled drivers in the Dublin area.