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S.I. No. 63/1985 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Cavan) Regulations, 1985

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1985-03-05
State In force
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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S.I. No. 63 of 1985.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF CAVAN) REGULATIONS, 1985.

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 Cavan) Regulations, 1985.

2 Commencement.

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 18th day of March, 1985.

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 roads 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;

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

"road" means a public road;

"perimeter road" means a road on and along the roadway of which there runs the boundary of a town;

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

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 Revocations.

7.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Cavan) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 283 of 1979 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Cavan) (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1980 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Cavan 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 Belturbet:—

2.

The following roads in the Urban District of Cavan:—

3.

The following roads in the town of Cootehill:—

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Cavan 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 Arvagh:—

2.

The following roads at Bailieborough:—

3.

The following roads at Ballyconnell:—

4.

The following roads at Ballyhaise:—

5.

The following roads at Ballyjamesduff:—

6.

The following roads at Bellannagh:—

7.

The following roads at Blacklion:—

8.

8.

The following roads at Butlers Bridge:—

9.

9.

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

10.

10.

The following roads adjacent to the town of Cootehill:—

11.

11.

The following roads at Dowra:—

12.

12.

The following roads at Killeshandra:—

13.

13.

The following roads at Kilnaleck:—

14.

14.

The following roads at Kingscourt:—

15.

15.

The following roads at Milltown:—

16.

16.

The following roads at Mullagh:—

17.

17.

The following roads at Redhills:—

18.

18.

The following roads at Shercock:—

19.

19.

The following roads at Swanlinbar:—

20.

20.

The following roads at Virginia:—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1.

The following roads at Bailieborough:—

2.

The following road at Ballyjamesduff::—

The Oldcastle Road between a point 412 metres from the junction of Chapel Street with Granard Street and a point 934 metres from the said junction.

3.

The following roads at Bawnboy:—

4.

The following roads in the town of Belturbet:—

5.

The following road at Bellananagh:—

The Cavan Road (National Road N55) between a point 230 metres north-east of its junction with the Crossdoney Road and a point 530 metres north-east of the said junction.

6.

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

7.

The following roads in the town of Cootehill::—

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 5th day of March, 1985.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Cavan) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 283 of 1979 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Cavan) (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1980 ) 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 milesper hour in respect of the public roads mentioned in the Third Schedule.

Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and vehicles used by the Garda Siochána in the course of duty are exempted from all speed limits by the Regulations.

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