The Off-Street Parking (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made: 8th September 2006

Coming into operation: 30th October 2006

The Department for Regional Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 43 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005[^f00001]:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as The Off-Street Parking (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 30th October 2006.

Amendment

2

The Off-Street Parking Order (Northern Ireland) 2000[^f00002] shall be amended as follows—

• (1) In Part III—

• (a) for Article 9 substitute the following—

(9) The driver of a vehicle using a parking place during charging hours shall pay the appropriate tariff set out in Schedule 2 in accordance with the scale of charges specified in column 6 of Schedule 1 in relation to that parking place.

• (b) delete Article 10;

• (c) for Article 11 (method of payment) substitute the following Article—

(11) (1) Save as provided for in Article 14, in a parking place where charges are collected by means of a pay and display machine, payment shall be made on parking the vehicle, by inserting into the machine a coin or combination of coins of appropriate denominations in payment of the appropriate tariff set out in Schedule 2 in accordance with the scale of charges specified in column 6 of Schedule 1 in relation to that parking place for which the machine will issue a ticket. (2) The driver may during the period for which a valid ticket has been acquired in accordance with paragraph (1) extend that period by purchasing and displaying a ticket for a further period.

• (d) in Article 12 (display of ticket) for the words “Article 11(1)(a) or (2)” substitute the words “Article 11”;

• (e) in Article 13(1) and (2) for the words “any proceedings for an offence under the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997” substitute “any appeal under Articles 13, 16 or 28 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005”; and

• (f) in Article 14(1) (season ticket) for the words “Article 9(a)” substitute the words “Article 9”.

• (2) Delete Part IV.

• (3) For Schedule 2 substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 8th September 2006.

R Sherman — A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Off-Street Parking Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 by amending Part III and substituting a new Schedule 2 to that Order and deleting Part IV. The effect of the amendment is to disapply Excess and Alternative Charges and to delete the provisions relating to the removal and safe custody of vehicles.

The amendments are made in consequence of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14)

[^f00002]: S.R. 2000 No. 384 as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 266, S.R. 2001 No. 274, S.R. 2001 No. 425, S.R. 2002 No. 9, S.R. 2002 No. 399, S.R. 2003 No. 127, S.R. 2003 No. 302, S.R. 2003 No. 326, S.R. 2003 No. 335, S.R. 2004 No. 12, S.R. 2004 No. 448, S.R. 2004 No. 456, S.R. 2005 No. 346 and S.R. 2006 No. 31