Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 217/1969
• Year: 1969

S.I. No. 217 of 1969.
ROAD TRAFFIC (SIGNS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.
The Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers vested in him by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), and sections 91 and 95 of the said Act as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968), hereby makes the following Regulations—
	1 Citation and Construction	1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.
(2) The Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1966 and these Regulations shall be construed together as one and may be cited collectively as the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1969.
	2 Definitions	2. In these Regulations—
" the Principal Regulations " means the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1962 );
" the 1964 Regulations " means the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 );
" goods vehicle " means a vehicle used exclusively for carrying goods;
" loading bay " means that portion of a meter parking place indicated by means of a traffic sign, on which, at certain times, a vehicle, other than a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading, shall not be parked.
	3 Amendment of Article 12 of the Principal Regulations	3.—(1) Article 12 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition of the following sub-paragraphs—
" (1) (i) a continuous yellow line approximately four inches wide extending along the edge of a roadway in a built-up area and situated approximately twelve inches from that edge—to indicate that parking of vehicles is prohibited or restricted at certain times on that side of the roadway,
(ii) two parallel continuous yellow lines approximately four inches apart extending along the edge of a roadway in a built-up area, each line being approximately four inches wide, and the line nearest to the edge of the roadway being situated approximately twelve inches from that edge—to indicate that parking of vehicles is prohibited or restricted at any time on that side of the roadway;
(m) two pairs of white lines approximately four inches wide, the lines in each pair being approximately four inches apart, extending from the edge of the roadway towards its centre—
(i) one pair being placed at each end of a series of parking bays or
(ii) placed so as to contain between the pairs a series of parking bays and an adjoining loading bay or bays
the lines to be parallel to and of the same length as the roadway marking used to indicate the parking bays—to indicate a meter parking place;
(n) the word ' LOADING ' written in white—to indicate a loading bay in a meter parking place."

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