Road Traffic (Ordinary Speed Limits - Certain Vehicles) Regulations, 2005
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 9/2005 |
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. | ||||
S.I. No. 9 of 2005 . | ||||
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ROAD TRAFFIC (ORDINARY SPEED LIMITS - CERTAIN VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2005. | ||||
S.I. No. 9 of 2005 . | ||||
ROAD TRAFFIC (ORDINARY SPEED LIMITS — CERTAIN VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2005. | ||||
I, MARTIN CULLEN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 (No. 44 of 2004), hereby make the following regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Ordinary Speed Limits — Certain Vehicles) Regulations 2005. | ||||
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 20 January 2005. 2. In these Regulations— | ||||
“design gross vehicle weight” has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 352 of 1999 ); | ||||
“passenger accommodation” means seating passenger accommodation determined in accordance with the Road Traffic (Passenger Accommodation of Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Regulations 1962 ( S.I. No. 143 of 1962 ). 3. The ordinary speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour is prescribed for— | ||||
(a) a single decked mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adopted primarily for the carriage of passengers which has passenger accommodation for more than 8 persons, | ||||
(b) a mechanically propelled vehicle neither intended nor adapted primarily for the carriage of passengers which has a design gross vehicle weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms, and | ||||
(c) a combination of a mechanically propelled vehicle drawing another vehicle. 4. The ordinary speed limit of 65 kilometres per hour is prescribed for a double-deck mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted primarily for the carriage of passengers and having passenger accommodation for more than 8 passengers. 5. A speed limit prescribed in these Regulations does not apply in respect of any road where a lesser speed limit having effect under Part 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 (No. 44 of 2004) applies. 6. The Road Traffic (General and Ordinary Speed Limits Regulations ( S.I. No. 194 of 1992 ) are revoked. | ||||
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||||
These Regulations prescribe the maximum ordinary speed limit at which specified classes of vehicles can be driven except where a lower maximum road speed limit applies. With effect from 20 January 2005: | ||||
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