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S.I. No. 273/1972 - Rroad Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Limerick and County of Limerick) Regulations, 1972

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1972-11-06
Last updated 1977-05-27
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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S.I. No. 273 of 1972.

RROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY BOROUGH OF LIMERICK AND COUNTY OF LIMERICK) REGULATIONS, 1972.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 , 45 and 46 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), amended as regards the said section 46 by section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968), hereby makes the following Regulations—

1 Citation.

1.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Limerick and County of Limerick) Regulations, 1972.

2 Commencement.

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 20th day of November, 1972.

3 Interpretation.

3.

3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires—

"the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ;

"road" means a public road;

"special speed limit" and "built-up area speed limit" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part IV of the Act;

"distance" means distance as measured along the centre line of a road;

"perimeter road" means a road on and along the roadway of which there runs the boundary of a county or other borough, an urban district or a town.

4 Built-up area speed limit.

4.

4. (1) Each of the roads described in the First Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared not to be a public road in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

5 Special speed limits.

5.

5. (1) Forty miles per hour shall be the speed limit for mechanically propelled vehicles on the roads specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.

6 Exceptions.

6.

6. There shall be excepted from the special speed limits prescribed in article 5 of these Regulations and from the built-up area speed limit the following vehicles when being used in the performance of statutory powers or duties:—

7 Revocation.

7.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Limerick and County of Limerick) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1966 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Limerick and County of Limerick) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 28 of 1969 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Roads declared not to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

1.

The following roads in the County Borough of Limerick:—

2.

The following roads in the town of Newcastle West :—

3.

The following roads in the town of Rathkeale :—

SECOND SCHEDULE

Roads declared to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

1.

The following roads at Abbeyfeale :—

2.

The following road at Annacotty:—

The Limerick-Dublin road between a point 300 yards west of the western abutment of Annacotty bridge and a point 200 yards east of the eastern abutment of that bridge.

3.

The following roads at Askeaton :—

4.

The following roads at Ballingarry :—

5.

The following roads at Bruff :—

6.

The following roads at Caherconlish :—

7.

The following roads at Cappamore :—

8.

8.

The following roads at Croom :—

9.

9.

The following roads at Doon:—

10.

10.

The following roads at Drumcollogher:—

11.

11.

The following roads at Foynes:—

12.

12.

The following roads at Galbally:—

13.

13.

The following roads at Glin:—

14.

14.

The following roads at Hospital:—

15.

15.

The following roads at Kilfinnane:—

16.

16.

The following roads at Kilmallock:—

17.

17.

The following roads adjacent to the County Borough of Limerick:—

18.

18.

The following road adjacent to the town of Newcastle West:—

The Foynes Road for a distance of 220 yards from the town boundary.

THIRD SCHEDULE

Roads in respect of which a special speed limit of 40 miles per hour is prescribed.

1.

The following roads at Abbeyfeale:—

2.

The following roads at Adare:—

3.

The following road at Askeaton:—

The Limerick road between a point 155 yards west of its junction with St. Francis Terrace and a point 10 yards west of its junction with the Rathkeale Road.

4.

The following roads at Ballylanders:—

5.

The following road at Glin:—

The Foynes-Tarbert road between a point 100 yards north-east of its junction with Mary Street and a point 100 yards north-west of its junction with Dark Road.

6.

The following road at Kilbeheny:—

The Dublin-Cork road between a point 120 yards north-east of its junction with the Kilglass road and the south-western abutment of Kilbeheny Bridge.

7.

The following road at Kildimo:—

The Limerick-Askeaton road between a point 150 yards west of its junction with the Old Kildimo Road and a point 320 yards east of the said junction.

8.

The following road at Kilmallock:—

The Kilfinnane Road between a point 450 yards south-east of its junction with the Rathluirc-Tipperary road and a point 900 yards south-east of the said junction.

9.

The following roads in and adjacent to the County Borough of Limerick:—

10.

The following road in and adjacent to the town of Newcastle West:—

The Killarney Road between a point 360 yards north-east of the town boundary and a point 80 yards south-west of the said boundary.

11.

The following road at Oola:—

The Limerick-Cahir road between a point 600 yards north-west of its junction with the Cullen Road and a point 440 yards south-east of the said junction.

12.

The following road at Pallas Green (New):—

The Limerick-Oola road between a point 380 yards north-west of its junction with the Nicker Road and a point 100 yards south-east of the said junction.

13.

The following roads at Patrickswell:—

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Road in respect of which a special speed limit of 50 miles per hour is prescribed.

1.

The following road adjacent to the County Borough of Limerick:—

The Dublin road between the county borough boundary and a point 100 yards east of its junction with the Dromroe Road.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 6th day of November, 1972.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Limerick and County of Limerick) Regulations, 1966 and 1969, and alter the speed limits applicable to certain roads in these areas.

Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and vehicles used by members of the Garda Síochána, while being used in the performance of statutory powers or duties, are excepted from the speed limits imposed by these Regulatitons.

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