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S.I. No. 72/1986 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Laoighis) Regulations, 1986

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1986-03-21
Last updated 1992-05-14
State Repealed superseded text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 · 1992-05-14, S.I. No. 115/1992 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Laois) Regulations, 1992

Reform history JSON API

S.I. No. 72 of 1986.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF LAOIGHIS) REGULATIONS, 1986.

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 Laoighis) Regulations, 1986.

2 Commencement

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 15^th day of April, 1986.

3 Interpretation.

3.

3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires

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

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

"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 Schedule or column 1 of the Second Schedule to the aforementioned order;

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

"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.

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 build-up area speed limit the following:

7 Revocation.

7.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Laoighis) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 394 of 1977 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Laoighis 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 Mountmellick:

2.

The following roads in the town of Portlaoighise:

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Laoighis 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 Abbeyleix:

2.

The following roads at Ballacolla:

3.

The following roads at Ballinakill:

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Abbeyleix Road 545 metres north of its junction with Bride Street 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 of the Abbeyleix Road.

4.

The following roads at Ballyroan:

5.

The following roads at Borris-in-Ossary:

6.

The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Carlow:

7.

The following roads at Castletown:

8.

8.

The following roads at Clonaslee:

9.

9.

The following roads at Durrow:

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Dublin Road (National Road N8) 150 metres north-east of its junction with the Ballacolla 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 Dublin Road (National Road N8).

10.

10.

The following roads at Emo:

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Coolbanagher Road 457 metres from its junction with the New Inn-Mountmellick 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 Coolbanagher Road.

11.

11.

The following roads adjacent to the town of Mountmellick:

12.

12.

The following roads at Mountrath:

13.

13.

The following roads at Portarlington:

14.

14.

The following roads adjacent to the town of Portlaoighise:

15.

15.

The following roads at Rathdowney.

16.

16.

The following roads at Rosenallis:

17.

17.

The following roads at Stradbally,

18.

18.

The following roads at The Swan:

19.

19.

The following roads at Timahoe:

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Portlaoighise Road 95 metres north-west of its junction with the Stradbally 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 Portlaoighise Road.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

The following roads at Abbeyleix:

2.

The following road at Arles:

The Carlow-Portlaoighise road (National Road N80) between a point 92 metres north of the intersection of the common boundary of the townlands of Rathillig and Ballynagall and a point 805 metres north of that intersecting point.

3.

The following road at Ballybrittas:

The Dublin-Portlaoighise road (National Road N7) between a point 128 metres north-east of its junction with the Portarlington Road and a point 275 metres south-west of the said junction.

4.

The following roads at Ballylynan:

5.

The following road adjacent to the Urban District of Carlow:

The Castlecomer Road between a point 275 metres west of the boundary of the urban district of Carlow and a point 495 metres west of the said boundary.

6.

The following roads at Cullohill:

7.

The following road at Durrow:

The Cork Road (National Road N8) between a point 412 metres south-west of the junction of Patrick Street and Oldchapel Street and a point 741 metres south-west of the said junction.

8.

The following road adjacent to the town of Mountmellick:

The Ridge Road between a point 435 metres south-east of the boundary of the town of Mountmellick and a point 1,105 metres south-east of the said boundary.

9.

The following roads at Mountrath:

10.

The following roads in and adjacent to the town of Portlaoighise:

11.

The following roads at Stradbally:

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 21st

day of March, 1986.

JOHN BOLAND,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Laoighis) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 394 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 exempt from all speed limits by the Regulations.

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