Mullingar Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 2002

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 294/2002
• Year: 2002

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS
1. Citation. 2. Interpretation. 3. Appointment of appointed stands. 4. Position of vehicles at appointed stands. 5. Maximum number of street service vehicles at appointed stands. 6. Vacancies at appointed stands. 7. General provisions relating to appointed stands. 8. General restriction on street service vehicles standing for hire. SCHEDULE Appointed Stands
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, and the Schedule to, the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) (as adapted by the Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 322 of 1997 )), with the consent of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government and after consultation with Westmeath County Council, make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the town of Mullingar:
	Citation.	1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Mullingar Appointed Stands (Street Service Vehicles) Bye-Laws, 2002.
	Interpretation.	2. (1) In these bye-laws -
“Schedule” means the Schedule to these bye-laws.
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 is appointed 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) where there is no street service vehicle already at the appointed stand, at the head of the appointed stand and, in any other case, next in order and as near as practicable to the street service vehicle immediately in front at the appointed stand.
(2) Where a street service vehicle standing for hire at an appointed stand is required by paragraph (1)(b) of this bye-law to be placed with the rear of the street service vehicle to the kerb, or in a single line by the kerb and parrallel thereto, it shall not be placed more than 45 centimetres from the kerb.
(3) A street service vehicle shall be deemed for the purpose of these bye-laws not to be standing for hire at the appointed stand if 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...