S.I. No. 403/2004 - Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

I, SÉAMUS BRENNAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 and 95 (as amended by section 37 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 (No. 7 of 1994)) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 298 of 2002 ) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 305 of 2002 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1.

• (2) The Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997 to 2003 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997 to 2004.

2.

• (a) in sub-article (4)—

• (i) in paragraph (c) (inserted by the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 273 of 1998 )) by substituting “cyclists; or” for “cyclists.”, and

• (ii) by substituting for paragraph (d) (inserted by Article 8 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 97 of 2003 )) the following:

• “(d) the message “Except Trams — Ach amháin Tramanna”, to indicate that the prohibitions by those signs do not apply in the case of light rail vehicles; or”, and

• (b) by inserting after sub-article (4) the following:

• “(5) In sub-article (4)(e), “access” means entry or exit by a vehicle (other than a light rail vehicle) to or from a road or premises adjacent to or accessible only from a tram-only street without stopping or parking the vehicle on the street.”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

These Regulations amend the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997 to 2003 in relation to the application of certain regulatory traffic signs in connection with the on-street running of light rail vehicles.