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S.I. No. 332/1981 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1981

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1981-09-18
Last updated 1988-10-21
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.

1 amending act · 1988-10-21, S.I. No. 271/1988 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1988

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

Citation.

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These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1981.

Commencement.

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2.

These Regulations shall come into operation on the 28th day of September, 1981.

Interpretation.

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In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires “the Act” means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ;

“road” means a public 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;

“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.

Built-up area speed limit.

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

Special speed limit.

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

Exceptions.

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There shall be excepted from the special speed limit prescribed in article 5 of these Regulations and from the built-up area speed limit the following:—

Revocation.

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The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 399 of 1977 ) 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 Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

1.

The following roads in the town of Callan:—

2.

The following roads in the Borough of Kilkenny:—

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Roads declared to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

1.

The following roads at Ballyhale:—

2.

The following roads at Ballyragget:—

3.

The following roads at Bennettsbridge:—

4.

The following roads adjacent to the town of Callan:—

5.

The following roads at Castlecomer:—

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The following roads at Clogh:—

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The following roads at Dunnamaggan:—

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The following roads at Fiddown:—

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The following roads at Freshford:—

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The following roads at Glenmore:—

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The following roads at Goresbridge:—

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The following roads at Gowran:—

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The following roads at Graiguenamanagh:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Carlow Road 251 metres north of its junction with the Thomastown Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Carlow Road.

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The following roads at Inistioge:—

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The following roads at Johnstown:—

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The following roads at Kells:—

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The following roads adjacent to the Borough of Kilkenny:—

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The following roads at Kilmacow (Upper):—

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The following roads at Kilmaganny:—

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The following roads at Kilmanagh:—

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The following roads at Knocktopher:—

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The following roads at Mooncoin:—

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The following roads at Mullinavat:—

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The following road at Owning:—

The Piltown-Kilmaganny road between a point 320 metres south-east of its junction with the Ballyhenebery Road and a point 110 metres north-west of its junction with the Curraghmore Road.

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The following roads at Piltown:—

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The following roads at Slieverue:—

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The following road at Templeorum:

The Piltown-Mullenbeg road between a point 145 metres south-west of its southernmost junction with the Church Road and a point 25 metres north of its northernmost junction with the said road.

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The following roads at-Thomastown:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Kilkenny Road 92 metres north of Lady's Well Cross Roads and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

and from the last mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Kilkenny Road.

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The following roads at Tullaroan:—

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The following roads at Urlingford:—

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

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The following road at Windgap:—

The Callan-Carrick-on-Suir road between a point 245 metres south-east of Windgap crossroads and a point 150 metres north-west of the said crossroads.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1.

The following roads at Boherboy and Paulstown:—

2.

The following roads at Callan:—

3.

The following roads at Castlecomer:—

4.

The following roads at Dungarvan:—

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The following road at Graiguenamanagh:—

The New Ross Road between a point 180 metres south of its junction with the Inistioge Road and a point 545 metres south of the said junction.

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The following roads at Johnstown:—

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

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The following road adjacent to the Urban District of New Ross:—

The Waterford Road for a distance of 460 metres from the boundary of the urban district of New Ross.

9.

The following roads at The Rower:—

10.

The following roads at Stoneyford:—

11.

The following roads at Thomastown:—

12.

The following road at Urlingford:—

The Dublin-Cork road between a point 230 metres south-west of its junction with the Killenaule or Gortnahoe Road and a point 375 metres south-west of the said junction.

13.

The following roads adjacent to the County Borough of Waterford:—
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 18th day of September, 1981.
PETER BARRY
Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 399 of 1977 ) and alter the speed limits applicable to certain roads in this area.

The Regulations exclude the public roads mentioned in the First Schedule from the scope of the built-up area speed limit prescribed by section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 and declare the public roads mentioned in the Second Schedule to be subject to that speed limit.

The Regulations also prescribe a speed limit of 40 miles per hour in respect of the public roads mentioned in the Third Schedule.

Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and Garda Síochána vehicles while being used in the course of duty are expected from all speed limits by the Regulations.

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