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S.I. No. 365/1981 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Westmeath) Regulations, 1981

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1981-10-23
Last updated 1994-06-28
State Repealed superseded text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 · 1994-06-28, S.I. No. 184/1994 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Westmeath) Regulations 1994

Reform history JSON API

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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1.

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

Commencement.

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2.

These Regulations shall come into operation on the 2nd day of November, 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;

“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 declared 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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5.

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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6.

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 Westmeath) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 270 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 Urban District of Athlone:—

2.

The following roads in the town of Mullingar:—

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 adjacent to the Urban District of Athlone:—

2.

The following roads at Castlepollard:—

3.

The following roads at Clonmellon:—

4.

The following roads at Delvin:—

5.

The following roads at Fore:—

6.

The following roads at Glasson:—

7.

The following roads at Kilbeggan:—

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The following roads at Kinnegad:—

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The following roads at Moate:—

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10.

The following roads adjacent to the town of Mullingar:—

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The following roads at Raharney:—

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The following roads at Rochfortbridge:—

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The following roads at Tyrellspass:—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1.

The following roads in and adjacent to the Urban District of Athlone:—

2.

The following road at Ballinalack:—

The Longford-Mullingar road between a point 235 metres south-east of the centre line of old Ballinalack Bridge and a point 735 metres south-east of the said bridge.

3.

The following roads at Ballymore:—

4.

The following roads at Ballynacargy:—

5.

The following roads at Collinstown:—

6.

The following road at Horseleap:—

The Kilbeggan Road for a distance of 340 metres from the boundary between the counties of Offaly and Westmeath.

7.

The following roads at Kinnegad:—

8.

The following roads at Miltownpass:—

9.

The following roads at Moate:—

10.

The following road at Moyvore:—

The Ballymahon-Mullingar road between a point 120 metres north-west of its junction with Mulvey's Road and a point 70 metres west of its junction with the Ballymore Road.

11.

The following roads in and adjacent to the town of Mullingar:—

12.

The following roads at Rathowen:—
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 23rd day of October, 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 Westmeath) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 270 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 excepted from all speed limits by the Regulations.

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