Córas Iompair Éireann (Lansdowne Road-Sydney Parade) (Serpentine Avenue Level Crossing) Order, 1984

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CitationIR SI 143/1984

I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, on the application of Córas Iompair Éireann, and after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 9 of the Transport Act, 1958 (No. 19 of 1958), and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Córas Iompair Éireann (Lansdowne Road-Sydney Parade) (Serpentine Avenue Level Crossing) Order, 1984.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 10th day of June, 1984.

3. In this Order—

"the Board" means Córas Iompair Éireann;

"the crossing" means that place where the Board's railway between Lansdowne Road and Sydney Parade crosses on the level a public road known as Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge in the county borough of Dublin;

"end", in relation to a barrier, means the end furthest from the point where the barrier pivots;

"left" and "right" mean, respectively, left and right looking towards the crossing from the adjoining portion of the said road;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Communications;

"roadway" means that portion of the said road which is provided primarily for the use of vehicles.

4. The following provisions shall not apply to the crossing—

(a) section 9 of the Act 1 and 2 William IV, chapter 69, and section 9 of the Railway Regulation Act, 1842;

(b) any order, rule or regulation relating to railways and which applied to the operation of the crossing before the coming into operation of this Order.

5. The Board shall provide, maintain, control and operate at the crossing four barriers, two of which shall be at each side of the railway.

6. Each barrier shall—

(a) be constructed of wood or lightweight material;

(b) have alternate bands of red and white reflecting material on the face thereof and a red band at the end, and the bands shall be approximately 600 millimetres wide and shall be vertical when the barrier is lowered;

(c) have two red electric lights one of which shall be placed approximately half-way along the length of, and on top of, the barrier and the other of which shall be placed within 150 millimetres of the end of, and on top of, the barrier and each of which shall be of not less power than six watts and be so placed as to shine both ways along the road;

(d) be attached to a structure situated off the roadway so as to be capable of pivoting at the point of attachment from an approximately vertical to a horizontal position, be so positioned and be of such length that, when lowered to a horizontal position, the end of the barrier shall be within 150 millimetres of the end of the adjoining barrier on the same side of the railway and within 100 millimetres of an imaginary line drawn perpendicularly from the point nearest to the barrier on the centre line of the roadway;

(e) have attached to its entire length a skirt of...

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