Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 273/1998
Year1998

S.I. No. 273 of 1998.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SIGNS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), section 95 of the said Act (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) and by section 37 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 (No. 7 of 1994)), which powers were delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations:—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1997 may be construed as one and cited together as the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1997 and 1998.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1998.

3. In these Regulations:—

"the Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 181 of 1997 ).

4. Sub-article (1) of article 3 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the definition of "cycle track":—

"'cycle track' means part of a road, including part of a footway or part of a roadway, which is provided primarily for the use of pedal cycles;".

5. The following shall be substituted for sub-article (4) of article 6 of the Principal Regulations:—

"(4) Traffic sign numbers RUS 011, RUS 012, and RUS 013 may be accompanied by a rectangular plate which shall be placed below the sign and on which may be shown in black letters on a white background,

(a) the message 'Except Buses and Taxis — Ach Amháin Busanna agus Tacsaithe', to indicate that the prohibitions indicated by the said signs do not apply in the case of omnibuses and taxis; or

(b) the message 'Except Cyclists — Ach Amháin Rothaithe', to indicate that the prohibitions indicated by the said signs do not apply in the case of cyclists; or

(c) the message 'Except Buses, Taxis, and Cyclists — Ach Amháin Busanna, Tacsaithe agus Rothaithe', to indicate that the prohibitions indicated by the said signs do not apply in the case of omnibuses, taxis, and cyclists.".

6. The following article shall be substituted for article 21 of the Principal Regulations:—

"21. (1) Traffic sign number RRM 017 shall —S

(a) indicate the point beyond which traffic shall not proceed when stopping in compliance with a road regulation, and

(b) consist of a continuous white line, not less than 200 millimetres and not more than 250 millimetres wide.

(2) Subject to sub-article (3), where traffic sign RRM 017 is provided in the case of a one way roadway, it shall extend across the full width of the roadway and, in any other case it shall extend across the roadway from the left edge to the centre thereof.

(3) Where traffic sign number RRM 017 is provided at a junction which is approached by a...

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