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S.I. No. 229/1984 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) Regulations, 1984

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1984-09-05
State In force
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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S.I. No. 229 of 1984.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF LONGFORD) REGULATIONS, 1984.

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:—

1 Citation.

1.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) Regulations, 1984.

2 Commencement.

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 17th day of September, 1984.

3 Interpretation.

3.

3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires

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

"national road" means a road declared to be a national road in the Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1977 ) and any reference to the number of such road shall be a reference to the number of such road as shown in column 1 of the First and Second Schedules to the aforementioned Order;

"road" means a public road;

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

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 limit.

5.

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.

6 Exceptions.

6.

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:—

7 Revocation.

7.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1978 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Roads in the County of Longford 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 Granard:—

2.

The following roads in the Urban District of Longford:—

SECOND SCHEDULE

Roads in the County of Longford 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 Ardagh:—

2.

The following roads at Ballinalee:—

3.

The following roads at Ballymahon:—

4.

The following roads at Drumlish:—

5.

The following roads at Edgeworthstown:—

6.

The following roads at Keenagh:—

7.

The following roads at Lanesborough:—

8.

8.

The following roads at Legan:—

9.

9.

The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Longford:—

10.

10.

The following roads at Newtown Forbes:—

THIRD SCHEDULE

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

1.

The following roads at Ballymahon:—

2.

The following roads at Edgeworthstown:—

3.

The following roads in the town of Granard:—

4.

The following road at Lanesborough:—

The Rathcline Road between a point 467 metres south of its junction with the Ballymahon Road and a point 1210 metres south of the said junction.

5.

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

6.

The following roads at Termonbarry:—

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 5th

day of September, 1984.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1978 ) 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 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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