I, LAURENCE WREN, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 89 and 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 ), and 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 Cork and the administrative county of Cork, including the urban districts of Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Skibbereen and Youghal and the towns of Bandon, Bantry and Passage West.

PART I Preliminary

Short title.

1. These rules may be cited as the Cork (County Borough and County) Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1985.

Commencement of rules.

2. These rules shall come into operation on the 16th day of January, 1985.

Interpretation.

3. (1) In these rules--

"the Act of 1961" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"the Act of 1968" means the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968);

"access" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the bus lane regulations;

"appointed stand" has the meaning assigned to it by section 84 (1) (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961;

"authorised", in relation to a traffic sign, means authorised by regulations which are for the time being in force under section 95 (2) of the Act of 1961;

"authorised person" has the meaning assigned to it by section 103 (8) (inserted by the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961;

"the bus lane regulations" means the Road Traffic (Signs) (Bus Lane) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 358 of 1980 ) as amended by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Bus Lane) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 333 of 1981);

"bus-only street" means a street or portion of a street at each entrance to which is provided an authorised traffic sign to indicate that vehicles other than omnibuses and vehicles entering for access only are prohibited from entering that street;

"casual trading" and "casual trading area" have the meaning respectively assigned to them by section 2 of the Casual Trading Act, 1980 (No. 43 of 1980);

"clearway" means a section of roadway at the start of which a clearway sign is erected and at the end of which a clearway sign and an information plate containing the work "End", the word "Deire" or both these words are erected;

"clearway period" means a period specified on an information plate (of the type authorised by and described in paragraph 7 (inserted by the Regulations of 1966) of Part VI of the First Schedule to the Regulations of 1962) provided below a clearway sign;

"clearway sign" means traffic sign number 215 authorised by the Regulations of 1962 (as amended by the Regulations of 1966);

"contra-flow bus lane" means a portion of a roadway marked with the roadway markings referred to in article 4 of, and the First Schedule to, the bus lane regulations and provided with sign C referred to in Article 5 of, and the Second Schedule to, the bus lane regulations;

"Cork Corporation" means the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cork;

"disc parking place" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of the Regulations of 1974 and is indicated by means of traffic sign number 212 authorised by the Regulations of 1962 accompanied by an information plate of the type authorised by and described in paragraph 4B (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) or Part VI of the First Schedule to the Regulations of 1962;

"footway" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) of the Act of 1961;

"goods vehicle" means a vehicle used exclusively for carrying goods and taxed for commercial purposes;

"grass margin" means that portion of a public road situated on either side of the footway and which is provided for the growing of grass, trees or shrubbery of any kind;

"holiday" means Good Friday or any day that is a public holiday for the purposes of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (No. 25 of 1973);

"information plate", for the purpose of Part II of these Rules, means a plate of the type authorised by and described in Part IX (inserted by the Regulations of 1969) of the First Schedule to the Regulations of 1962;

"loading bay" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 (as amended by Article 4 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 127 of 1971 )) of the Regulations of 1969 and is indicated by means of a roadway marking of the type authorised by Article 12 (n) (inserted by the Regulations of 1969) of the Regulations of 1962 (as amended by the Regulations of 1974);

"local authority" means Cork Corporation, the council of the county of Cork, the councils of the urban districts of Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Skibbereen and Youghal, and the comissioners of the towns of Bandon, Bantry and Passage West;

"median strip" means that portion of a public road which separates parts of a roadway on which traffic proceeds from opposite directions or in the same direction;

"parking bay" means the area contained between lines of the type referred to in Article 12 (i) (inserted by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 )) of the Regulations of 1962 (as amended by the Regulations of 1974);

"pedestrian crossing" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 (1) of the Regulations of 1962;

"pedestrian crossing complex" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 329 of 1979 );

"pedestrian lights" means signals of a type authorised by Article 14 (as amended by Article 4 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 280 of 1975 )) of the Regulations of 1962;

"public road" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) of the Act of 1961;

"road" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) of the Act of 1961;

"road inset" means a part of a roadway specially inset in a footway or road verge;

"road junction" means the section of roadway contained within the projection of roadway boundaries at the intersection of roadways;

"road verge" means that part of a public road which is not a footway, a grass margin, a median strip or a roadway;

"roadway" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) of the Act of 1961;

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

"the Regulations of 1969" means the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1969 );

"the Regulations of 1966" means the Road Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 233 of 1966 );

"the Regulations of 1974" means the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 247 of 1974 );

"scheduled town" means a non-municipal town which is specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 (No. 28 of 1963), and the area comprising which has been declared by the council of the county of Cork under section 2 (6) of that Act;

"small public service vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) of the Act of 1961;

"street" means a public road;

"street service vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961;

"traffic sign" has the meaning assigned to it by section 95 (1) (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961;

"traffic warden" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 (3) of the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975 (No. 14 of 1975);

"with-flow bus lane" means a portion of a roadway marked with the roadway markings referred to in Article 4 of, and the First Schedule to, the bus lane regulations and provided with sign A or B referred to in Article 5 of, and the Second Schedule to, the bus lane regulations.

(2) For the purposes of these rules, "business hours" for an area specified in column (2) of the Schedule to these rules at a particular reference number shall be taken to be the period which is specified in column (3) of the Schedule at that reference number and is on a day referred to in column (4) of the Schedule at that reference number.

(3) A reference in these rules to the loading of goods shall be taken to include the supplying of fuel for the operation of the vehicle.

(4) A reference in these rules to any matter (including a reference to a particular traffic sign, roadway marking or information plate) prescribed in the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1983, shall be taken to include a reference to such matter as prescribed in regulations which are for the time being in force under section 95 (2) of the Act of 1961 and which amend or replace the aforementioned Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1983).

Area of application.

4. These rules apply to the area comprising the county borough of Cork and the administrative county of Cork (including the urban districts of Clonakilty, Cobh, Fermoy, Kinsale, Macroom, Mallow, Midleton, Skibbereen and Youghal and the towns of Bandon, Bantry and Passage West).

PART II General Provisions

Parking in accordance with traffic signs.

5. Except as otherwise provided by these rules, parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of an authorised traffic sign.

Places where parking is prohibited.

6. A vehicle shall not be parked on a public road--

(a) at a road junction or within 15 feet of the junction, except as indicated by means of an authorised traffic sign permitting parking,

(b) on a stretch of roadway having less than three traffic lanes and having along its centre one or more than one authorised continuous white line,

(d) in any place, position or manner that will result in the vehicle obstructing, delaying or interfering with the entrance to or the exit from a fire brigade station or ambulance station,

(e) in any place, position or manner that will result in the vehicle obstructing an entrance for vehicles to premises, except when the occupier of such premises consents,

(f) on a pedestrian crossing, or at pedestrian lights, or within 45 feet (on the approach side), or 15 feet (on the side other than the approach side), of a pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights or on any part of a pedestrian crossing complex, except as otherwise indicated by an authorised traffic sign permitting parking,

(g) either wholly or partly on a footway, a grass margin or a median strip,

(h) on a part of a roadway, which is a casual trading area, during hours of trading, unless the vehicle is for the time being in use for the purpose casual trading in accordance with the provisions of the Casual Trading Act, 1980 .

Prohibition or restriction on parking during business hours.

7. Where a roadway marking authorised by Article 12 (1) (i) (inserted by the Regulations of 1969) of the Regulations of 1962 (which authorises a marking consisting of a continuous yellow line) is not accompanied by an information plate, the prohibition or restriction on the parking of vehicles indicted by means of the roadway marking applies during business hours.

Restriction on re-parking.

8. A vehicle which is parked on a street on which there is a parking restriction of one or more than one hour indicated by means of an authorised traffic sign shall not, after the vehicle leaves the place in the street where it had been parked, be parked again on that street (or, where the parking restriction relates to part of the street only, on that part) within one hour of leaving, while the restriction is in force.

Conditions for parking.

9. (1) Where, on a roadway, parking is restricted by means conditions for of an authorised traffic sign, a vehicle may be parked only if it complies with the following conditions--

(a) that it is a mechanically propelled vehicle with seating accommodation for not more than 12 people other than the driver,

(b) that, while parked, it is not offered for sale or as a prize and is not used solely for advertising purposes or as an office or for or in connection with the sale of tickets or goods or the provision of a service,

(c) that, while parked, it is not being painted and no overhaul or repair is effected to it other than a repair permitted by Rule 11 (3) (d) of these rules, and,

(d) that, while parked, no unnecessary noise is made by it or by anything carried in or on it or attached or connected to it.

(2) Paragraph 1 (b) of this Rule shall not apply to the use of a vehicle for the purpose of casual trading in accordance with the provisions of the Casual Trading Act, 1980 , or for the purpose of selling at a market or held fair in pursuance of a market right.

(3) Where a vehicle is parked on a roadway on which there is no restriction on parking, it shall, subject to paragraph (2) of this Rule, comply with the conditions specified in paragraphs (1) (b) to (1) (d) of this Rule.

(4) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, a vehicle parked at the edge of a roadway shall be parked with the sides of the vehicle parallel or approximately parallel to the edge and with one side within 18 inches of the edge.

(b) Where at a place on a roadway a traffic sign requires a vehicle parked at the edge of a roadway to be parked with front or rear to the edge a vehicle parked at that place shall be parked as near as practicable to the edge and in such a manner that any part of this vehicle extending over a footway does not obstruct the free movement of pedestrians on the footway.

Prohibition on driving on median strip.

10. A person shall not drive a vehicle either wholly or partly along or across a median strip.

Non-application of certain parking prohibitions or restrictions to certain vehicles.

11. (1) A prohibition or restriction on parking on a roadway imposed by this Part of these Rules does 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, oil, water or electricity or of a telegraph or telephone line, or the provision of traffic sign.

(b) a fire brigade vehicle, an ambulance, a vehicle being used by a member of the Garda Síochána in the performance of his duties as such member or a vehicle being used by an authorised person or a traffic warden in the enforcement of these rules.

(2) Nothing in this Part of these Rules shall prohibit or restrict either a street service vehicle standing for hire in accordance with bye-laws or temporary rules under section 84 of the Act of 1961, as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968, or an omnibus stopping in accordance with a notice given under section 85 of the Act of 1961.

(3) A prohibition or restriction on parking on a roadway imposed by Rule 5 of these rules shall not apply to--

(a) a vehicle parked (other than on that part of a roadway which is immediately adjacent to either side of a median strip) while goods are being loaded in or on to or unloaded from it for a period not exceeding thirty minutes from the commencement of the parking,

(b) a vehicle parked (other than on that part of a roadway which is immediately adjacent to either side of a median strip) while a passenger is entering or leaving it,

(c) a pedal cycle (other than on that part of a roadway which is immediately adjacent to either side of a median strip) ,

(d) 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 from the public road are carried out on it.

(4) Rule 6 (g) of these Rules shall not apply to--

(a) a pedal cycle parked on a footway if when so parked it does not interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway,

(b) a vehicle specified in paragraph (3) (d) of this Rule.

Compliance with directions of Garda Síochána.

12. A driver or other person in charge of a vehicle shall comply with a direction given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform in relation to the parking of the vehicle or its removal from the place where it is parked.

Compliance with traffic signs.

13. A driver of a vehicle or a pedestrian shall comply with a prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of an authorised traffic sign.

PART III Clearways, Pedestrianisation and Loading Bays

Prohibition on parking on clearways.

14. (1) The stopping or parking of a vehicle on a part of a roadway which is a clearway is prohibited during a clearway period, notwithstanding any indication to the contrary by means of a traffic sign.

(2) This Rule does not apply--

(a) on a holiday, except as otherwise indicated by means of an information plate provided below the clearway sign,

(b) to 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 a main, drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of a telegraph or telephone line.

(c) to a fire brigade vehicle, an ambulance, a vehicle being used by a member of the Garda Síochána in the performance of his duties as such member or a vehicle being used by an authorised person or a traffic warden in the enforcement of these Rules.

(d) to 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 from the clearway are carried out on it,

(e) to an omnibus stopped at a stopping place or stand directed by notice under section 85 of the Act of 1961,

(f) to a small public service while merely picking up or setting down passengers,

(g) to a vehicle stopped when so required under the Act of 1961, the Act of 1968, or the Road Traffic General Bye-Laws 1964 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1964 ) as amended by the Road Traffic General Bye-Laws (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1975 ), and by the Road Traffic General Bye-Laws (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 275 of 1983 ), or because of the exigencies of traffic,

(h) to a road inset,

(i) to a pedal cycle.

Prohibition on entry to or parking in certain streets.

15. (1) This Rule applies to a street or a portion of a street at each entry to which traffic sign number 216 authorised by the Regulations of 1962 (as amended by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 256 of 1971 )) is erected.

(2) A person shall not enter a street or portion of a street to which this Rule applies with a vehicle, or park a vehicle in such a street or portion of street, during the period indicated by means of the information plate accompanying the traffic sign referred to in paragraph (1) of this Rule.

(3) This Rule does 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 a main, drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of a telegraph or telephone line,

(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.

(4) In this Rule "information plate" means a plate of the type authorised by paragraph 10 (inserted by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 256 of 1971 ) of Part VI of the First Schedule to the Regulations of 1962.

Parking in loading bays.

16. (1) Except where otherwise indicated by means of an authorised traffic sign, this Rule applies during business hours.

(2) A vehicle other than a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading shall not be parked in a loading bay.

(3) A goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading shall not be parked in a loading bay for a period exceeding 30 minutes from the commencement of the parking.

PART IV Disc Parking

Definitions (Part IV).

17. In this Part--

"parking disc" means a disc or document, or a combination of both, having marks or symbols capable of indicating the year, date and time when the disc, document or combination becomes a valid parking disc;

"valid parking disc" means a parking disc which--

(a) has been issued by a local authority,

(b) has been perforated so as to indicate clearly the year, month, day in the month, hour of the day and (to the nearest following five-minute period) minute of the hour of the commencement of a period of parking of the vehicle in which the disc is exhibited in accordance with these rules.

(d) indicates that the vehicle is so parked for a period not exceeding the period for which it may be parked in a disc parking place in accordance with these rules.

Obligation to display valid parking disc.

18. (1) Where a vehicle is parked in a disc parking place during business hours--

(a) separate distinct perforations indicating the year, month, day in the month, hour of the day and (to the nearest following five-minute period) minute of the hour when the parking commences shall be made on a parking disc at the commencement of the parking;

(b) the valid parking disc shall be so exhibited in the interior of the vehicle that a person outside the vehicle can ascertain by reference to the perforations when the parking commenced, and,

(c) the valid parking disc shall be exhibited in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Rule for so long as the vehicle is parked in that disc parking place.

(2) Where a vehicle being parked in a disc parking place during business hours is a goods vehicle being so parked solely for the loading or unloading of goods, paragraph (1) of this rule does not apply until the expiration of 30 minutes after the commencement of the parking.

(3) Where a vehicle which had been parked in a disc parking place for a period less than the maximum parking period for that disc parking place is subsequently lawfully parked in another disc parking place on the same day, it shall not be necessary, subject to compliance with paragraph 1 (b) and 1 (c) of this Rule, to comply with paragraph 1 (a) of this Rule.

Period of parking in disc parking place.

19. (1) A vehicle parked in a disc parking place during business hours shall not be so parked for longer than the period indicated as the maximum parking period for that disc parking place by means of an authorised traffic sign.

(2) Where a vehicle which had been lawfully parked in a disc parking place is subsequently lawfully parked in another disc parking place, the period to which the subsequent parking is restricted by paragraph (1) of this Rule shall be reduced by a period equal to the period from the time indicated on the disc to the time when the subsequent parking commenced.

Interference with parking disc.

20. Where a vehicle is parked in a disc parking place during business hours a person shall not interfere with a parking disc exhibited in the vehicle.

Removal of vehicle from disc parking place.

21. A vehicle parked in a disc parking place at a time which is not during business hours shall be removed from the disc parking place when a period of business hours commences, unless at such commencement and during the remainder of the period of parking, a valid parking disc is exhibited in the interior of the vehicle in accordance with Rule 18 (1) (b) of these Rules and Rule 18 (1) (c) of these Rules shall apply from such commencement in respect of such parking.

Prohibition on certain parking inside an hour of leaving disc parking place.

22. A vehicle which had been parked in a disc parking place shall not be parked again in a disc parking place in the public road in which that disc parking place is situated until at least one hour after the vehicle last vacated that disc parking place.

Issue of parking discs.

23. Parking discs shall be issued by a local authority.

Fee for parking discs.

24. The fee for a parking disc shall be 20p.

Conditions for parking in disc parking places.

25. A vehicle which is parked in a disc parking place during business hours shall, where parking bays are provided at that disc parking place, be parked within the area comprising a parking bay.

Motor cycles and pedal cycles prohibited from parking in disc parking places.

26. Motor cycles and pedal cycles shall not be parked during business hours in disc parking places.

Non-application of rules 18 to 26 of these Rules to certain vehicles.

27. Rules 18 to 26 of 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 main drain, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, oil, 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.

Permit for disabled drivers.

28. (1) This Rule applies to a mechanically propelled vehicle the registered owner and the driver of which is a disabled person.

(2) A local authority may grant to a disabled person a permit in writing under this rule.

(3) Where a disabled person holds a permit under this Rule, Rules 18 and 27 of these Rules shall not apply to a parking by that person in a disc parking place during business hours of the specified vehicle.

(4) The following provisions apply to a permit under this Rule:

(i) application for the permit shall be made in writing to the local authority in whose functional area the applicant resides or works;

(ii) the permit shall be for such period, not exceeding one year, as may be specified in the permit and may, at the discretion of the local authority, be extended on the 1st day of January in each succeeding year for another period not exceeding one year;

(iii) the permit shall be prominently displayed on the vehicle in respect of which it is granted when that vehicle is parked in a disc parking place during business hours.

(5) In this Rule--

"disabled person" means a person who is suffering from a permanent disability that prevents the person from walking or causes undue hardship to the person in walking;

"specified vehicle" means a mechanically propelled vehicle the registered owner of which is a disabled person.

Definitions for rules 30 to 38 of these Rules.

29. In Rules 30 to 38 of these Rules--

"disc parking zone" means an area in the county borough of Cork which has been designated as a disc parking zone by the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána after consultation with Cork Corporation;

"owner" means a resident by whom a vehicle is habitually kept and used;

"resident" means a person whose normal residence is at premises situated in a disc parking zone;

"resident's parking disc" means a document issued for the purposes of rules 30 to 38 by Cork Corporation and containing the particulars specified in rule 31;

"valid resident's parking disc" means a resident's parking disc which indicates that relates to a particular disc parking zone and to a period which has not expired;

"vehicle" means a private motor car, a stationwagon or a passenger vehicle having accommodation for not more than seven passengers excluding the driver;

Non-application Rules 17 to 28 of these Rules.

30. Rules 17 to 28 (other than rule 25) of these Rules do not apply to the parking of a vehicle in a disc parking zone if there is displayed, in accordance with Rule 35 of these Rules, on the vehicle when it is so parked a valid resident's parking disc issued by Cork Corporation in respect of the disc parking zone in which that disc parking place is situated.

Particulars of resident's parking disc.

31. A resident's parking disc shall contain the following particulars--

( a ) the words "Cork Corporation",

( b ) the name and address of the resident to whom it is issued,

( c ) the make and registration number of the vehicle in respect of which it is issued,

( d ) the date of issue,

( e ) the disc parking zone to which it relates,

( f ) the period to which it relates, including the date of expiry,

( g ) a copy of the signature, and the description, of the officer of Cork Corporation issuing it,

( h ) the streets (or portions of streets) comprised in the disc parking zone to which it relates.

Map of disc parking zones.

32. A map of the county borough of Cork on which the disc parking zones are shown in distinctive colours shall be kept in the City Hall, Cork, and shall be available for inspection during office hours.

Permission to park vehicle displaying resident's parking disc.

33. The display, in accordance with Rule 35 of these Rules, of a valid resident's parking disc on the vehicle in respect of which the disc was issued, shall permit the owner of the vehicle (or any person using it with his consent) to park it without limitation as to time in a disc parking place in the disc parking zone to which the disc relates.

Evidence of streets in disc parking zone.

34. In a prosecution under these Rules, particulars of streets (or portions of streets) contained in a document produced by a member of the Garda Síochána and purporting to be a specimen of a resident's parking disc for a particular disc parking zone shall be accepted as evidence that such streets (or portions of streets) are within that disc parking zone.

Display of resident's parking disc.

35. A valid resident's parking disc shall be so displayed in the interior of the vehicle of which it is issued that it can be read from outside the vehicle.

Interference with resident's parking disc.

36. Where a vehicle displaying a valid resident's parking disc is parked in a disc parking place a person shall not interfere with the disc.

Issue of and fee for resident's parking disc.

37. (1) A resident's parking disc shall be issued by Cork Corporation.

(2) The fee for a resident's parking disc shall be £35.

(3) On payment of the fee referred to in paragraph (2) of this Rule, an owner shall be issued with a resident's parking disc, valid for a period of one year from the date of issue, by Cork Corporation, in respect of the vehicle of which he is the owner and for the disc parking zone in which he resides.

Return and transfer of resident's parking disc.

38. (1) Where, during the period to which a resident's parking disc relates, the resident to whom it is issued ceases to reside at the address specified on the disc or ceases to be an owner by disposing of the vehicle to which the disc relates, he shall return it (addressed to the person a copy of whose signature appears on it) to Cork Corporation.

(2) Where, during the period to which a resident's parking disc relates, the resident to whom it is issued disposes of the vehicle to which the disc relates and substitutes another vehicle for the one disposed of, he shall return the disc (addressed to the person a copy of whose signature appears on it) to Cork Corporation which, upon payment of a fee of 25p by the resident, shall either insert the make and registration number of the substituted vehicle on the disc or issue to the resident a new disc in respect of that vehicle, and such new disc shall be valid for the period specified on it.

PART V Bus Lanes

Prohibition on entry to bus lanes.

39. (1) A person shall not enter a with-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than an omnibus or a pedal cycle during the period indicated by means of an information plate of the type authorised by Article 5 (2) of the bus lane regulations.

(2) A person shall not enter a contra-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than an omnibus.

(3) A person shall not enter a bus-only street with a vehicle other than an omnibus except for the purpose of access.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this rule do not apply to a vehicle entering a with-flow bus lane or a contra-flow bus lane solely for the purpose--

( a ) of entering or leaving premises or property adjacent to such a bus lane, or

( b ) of entering or leaving a road inset adjacent to such a bus lane in order to load or unload goods.

Prohibition on parking on bus lanes.

40. (1) A person shall not park a vehicle in a contra-flow bus lane.

(2) A person shall not park a vehicle in a with-flow bus lane during the period indicated by means of an information plate of the type authorised by Article 5 (2) of the bus lane regulations.

(3) A person shall not park a vehicle other than an omnibus in a bus-only street except for access.

Non-application of Part V.

41. This Part does not apply to--

( a ) any vehicle which is 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

( 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.

PART VI Miscellaneous

Prohibition on depositing goods on roadway or footway.

42. (1) A person shall not deposit goods on a roadway or footway, except where necessary either because of a fire, flood, accident or other emergency or because a vehicle is being lawfully loaded or unloaded.

(2) ( a ) This paragraph of this Rule applies to a container which contains, or is intended to contain, refuse, rubble or similar material and is so constructed as to be capable of being attached to, or lifted by, a vehicle to facilitate the removal of the container from a roadway or footway.

( b ) A person shall not deposit, or allow to remain, a container to which this paragraph applies, on a roadway or footway during a period when vehicles are required to be lighted unless the container is so lighted as to be clearly visible, and does not cause any danger to other road users.

( c ) A person shall not deposit, or allow to remain, a container to which this paragraph applies, on a clearway at a time which is a clearway period for that roadway, or on a footway adjoining a clearway at such a time.

(3) Where a person deposits goods on a roadway or footway while lawfully loading or unloading a vehicle, he shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent the goods from causing obstruction or avoidable inconvenience to traffic or pedestrians using the roadway or footway, and shall not allow the goods to remain on the roadway or footway for longer than is necessary for the purpose of the loading or unloading.

(4) This Rule does not apply to the placing of bins or other receptacles containing refuse on a roadway or footway on a day on which refuse is usually collected from the public road concerned, but a person placing a bin or other such receptacle on a roadway or footway on such a day shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent obstruction or avoidable inconvenience to traffic or pedestrians using the roadway or footway.

Obligation to form a queue outside places of entertainment etc.

43. (1) Persons awaiting admission to a place of entertainment or amusement or to some other place to which the public resort (whether on payment of money or otherwise) shall, should the entrance to such place form part of or be situate on a roadway or footway, form a queue at or near the entrance and in such manner as to avoid obstruction to pedestrians or vehicles.

(2) A person in a queue formed in accordance with this rule shall comply with a direction relating to the queue and made by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform or by an employee from the place.

Obligation to form a queue at appointed stands.

44. (1) Persons awaiting admission to street service vehicles at appointed stands for such vehicles shall form a queue at or near the head of the appointed stand in such a manner as to avoid obstruction to pedestrians or vehicles.

(2) A person in a queue formed in accordance with this rule shall comply with a direction relating to the queue made by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform.

SCHEDULE

Business Hours

Ref.	Areas	Periods	Days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	The district electoral division of Ballincollig	9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Friday or holiday.
		9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.	Each Friday other than a holiday.
2.	The town of Bantry	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Wednesday or holiday.
		8.30 a. m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
3.	The town of Bandon	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
4.	The scheduled town of Blarney	9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Friday or holiday.
		9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.	Each Friday other than a holiday.
5.	The urban district of Cobh	9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Wednesday or holiday.
		9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
6.	The county borough of Cork	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a holiday.
7.	The urban district of Clonakilty	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Wednesday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
8.	The district electoral division of Templebreedy (Crosshaven)	9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
		9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Thursday other than a holiday.
9.	The scheduled town of Dunmanway	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Thursday other than a holiday.
10.	The urban district of Fermoy	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a holiday.
11.	The scheduled town of Kanturk	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Wednesday, Saturday of holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.	Each Saturday other than a holiday.
12.	The urban district of Kinsale	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m,	Each Thursday other than a holiday.
13.	The urban district of Macroom	9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Wednesday or holiday.
		9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
14.	The urban district of Mallow	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a holiday.
15.	The urban district of Midleton	9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.	Each weekday other than a holiday.
16.	The scheduled town of Millstreet	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.	Each Thursday other than a holiday.
17.	The scheduled town of Mitchelstown	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Wednesday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
18.	The town of Passage West	8.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.	Each Wednesday other than a holiday.
19.	The scheduled town of Rathluirc	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Thursday other than a holiday.
20.	The urban district of Skibbereen	8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday other than a Thursday or holiday.
		8.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.	Each Thursday other than a holiday.
21.	The urban district of Youghal.	8.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m.	Each day (other than a holiday) in June, July, August and September.
		8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.	Each weekday(other than a holiday) in January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December.

GIVEN under my hand, this 4th day of January, 1985.

L. WREN,

Commissioner of the Garda

Síochána.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 7th day of January, 1985.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. These rules operate in lieu of all existing traffic and parking bye-laws in the county borough and county of Cork.

2. Part II of the rules provides for and outlines the conditions for parking of vehicles on public roads, etc.

3. Part III of the rules provides for a prohibition on the stopping or parking of vehicles for any purpose (unless exempted) on clearways during clearway periods.

4. Part IV of the rules provides for disc 'fee' parking facilities.

5. Part V of the rules provides for with-flow bus lanes, contra-flow bus lanes and bus-only streets.

6. Part VI of the rules prohibits the depositing of goods on roadways or footways (unless in the circumstances outlined), and for the formation of queues outside places of entertainment and other places to which the public resort and at appointed "taxi" stands.

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S.I. No. 4/1985 -- Cork (County Borough and County) Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1985.