S.I. No. 79/1969:

MULLINGAR PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1969.

MULLINGAR PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1969.

I, MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 90 (7) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) ), and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following temporary rules in respect of the area comprising the town of Mullingar :

1. These rules may be cited as the Mullingar Parking Temporary Rules, 1969.

2. These rules shall come into operation on the 21st day of May, 1969.

3. These rules shall apply to the area comprising the town of Mullingar.

4. (1) In these rules--

" business hours " means the period from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a holiday or a Wednesday, and the period from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on a Wednesday which is not a holiday;

" holiday " means any of the following days--

St. Patrick's Day or, if that day is a Sunday, the next day,

Good Friday,

Easter Monday,

the first Monday in June,

the first Monday in August,

Christmas Day or, if that is a Sunday, the 27th day of December,

St. Stephen's Day or, if that is a Sunday, the next day,

any day appointed under the Public Holidays Act, 1924 (No. 56 of 1924), to be a bank holiday in addition to or instead of one of the above seven days.

(2) A reference to the loading or unloading of goods shall be construed as including the supplying of fuel or oil for the operation of the vehicle.

5. A prohibition or restriction on parking indicated by means of a traffic sign or imposed by these rules shall not apply to--

(a) a street service vehicle lawfully standing for hire,

(b) an omnibus lawfully stopped,

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

(d) a fire engine, ambulance or Garda Síochána vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,

(e) a vehicle parked because the driver is unable to proceed because of circumstances outside his control or because he parked in order to avoid an accident,

(f) a vehicle parked merely while goods are being loaded or unloaded in or on to or from it,

(g) a vehicle parked while a passenger is entering or leaving it,

(h) a vehicle which has either been damaged in an accident or had a breakdown and has been parked while such repairs as will enable it to be moved from the public road are carried out on it.

6. Parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of traffic signs, except as otherwise provided by these rules.

7. Where on a public road parking is permitted or restricted by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle may be parked only if it complies with the following conditions--

(a) that it is not offered for sale, hire, as a prize or in connection with the sale of tickets, goods or any service,

(b) that no overhaul or repair is effected to it,

(c) that no unnecessary noise is made by it or by anything carried in or on or attached or connected to it,

(d) that it is not drawing another vehicle,

(e) that it has not seating passenger accommodation for more than 12 people other than the driver.

8. Notwithstanding an indication given by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle shall not be parked on the roadway of a public road at a road junction or on any part of the roadway within 15 feet of the junction.

9. (1) This rule applies to a place on a public road or part of a public road on which parking is restricted to one hour or more during business hours by means of a traffic sign.

(2) A vehicle which was parked and had left the place in the street where it had been parked shall not be parked again in that street within an hour of the time when it left.

GIVEN under my hand this 5th day of May, 1969.

(Signed) MICHAEL J. WYMES,

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

The Minister for Local Government hereby consents to the making of the foregoing temporary rules.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this 13th day of May, 1969.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. Rule 5 provides that vehicles may in certain circumstances be parked in prohibited places.

2. Rule 6 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of a traffic sign erected at that place.

3. Rule 8 provides that a vehicle will not be parked within fifteen feet of a street junction.