STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

( S.I. NO. 24 OF 2003 )

MUINEBHEAG (BAGENALSTOWN) APPOINTED STANDS (STREET SERVICE VEHICLES) BYE-LAWS 2003.

Dublin

Published by the Stationery Office.

I, Michael P. Byrne, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 84 (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 1968 ( No. 25 of 1968 )) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )), with the consent of the Minister for Transport and after consultation with Carlow County Council, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the town of Muinebheag:

Citation.

1.                 These Bye-laws may be cited as the Muinebheag (Bagenalstown) Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws 2003.

Interpretation.

2.                 (1)      In these Bye-laws “Schedule” means the Schedule to these Bye-laws.

(2)      In these Bye-laws -

(a)      a reference to the head of an appointed stand shall be construed as a reference to that end of the appointed stand from which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the Schedule;

(b)      a reference to the rear of an appointed stand shall be construed as a reference to that end of the appointed stand to which the limits of the appointed stand are reckoned in column (3) of the Schedule;

(c)      a reference to the order of street service vehicles at an appointed stand shall be construed as a reference to the order of the vehicles reckoned from the head of the appointed stand to the rear of the appointed stand.

Appointment of appointed stands.

3          Subject to these Bye-laws, in each location mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule, each part of the roadway described in column (3) of the Schedule opposite the mention in column (2) of the location shall be available for use as an appointed stand without limitation as to time.

Position of vehicles at appointed stands.

4. (1)   A street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand shall be placed --

(a)      within the limits of the appointed stand as specified in column (3) of the Schedule,

(b)      in the position specified in column (5) of the Schedule opposite the mention of the appointed stand in column (3) of the Schedule, and

(c)      in case there is no street service vehicle already at the appointed stand, at the head of the appointed stand or, in any other case, next in order and as near as practicable to a street service vehicle at the appointed stand.

(2)   A street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand shall not be placed more than 45 centimetres from the kerb.

(3)   A street service vehicle is deemed for the purpose of these Bye-laws not to be standing for hire if, at the appointed stand, it does not comply with this Bye-law.

Maximum number of street service vehicles at appointed stands.

5.   The number of street service vehicles standing for hire at an appointed stand specified in column (3) of the Schedule at any reference number shall not exceed the number specified in column (4) of the Schedule at that reference number.

Vacancies at appointed stands.

6.   Whenever a street service vehicle vacates its position at an appointed stand it shall be replaced immediately by the street service vehicle (if any) next in order at the stand.

General provisions relating to appointed stands.

7.   The following apply to a street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand -

(a)  a person shall not wash, overhaul or carry out repairs to the vehicle, except such repairs as may be necessary to enable it to be removed from the stand,

(b)  the driver of the vehicle shall comply with any directions given to him or her by a member of the Garda Síochána in relation to the placing of the vehicle at the stand or in relation to bringing it into, or removing it from, the stand.

General restriction on street service vehicles standing for hire.

8.   A driver of a street service vehicle shall not stand the street service vehicle for hire in the town of Muinebheag otherwise than at an appointed stand and in accordance with these Bye-laws.

SCHEDULE

PERMANENT APPOINTED STANDS

The Minister for Transport consents to the making of the foregoing Bye-laws.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Bye-laws -

-         provide taxi ranks for taxis as indicated in the Schedule.

-         outline the conditions subject to which taxis may use the rank.

-         prohibit the driver of a taxi from waiting for a fare in the town of Muinebheag (Bagenalstown) other than at a taxi rank.