Control of Traffic (Antrim) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order prohibits the use of the roads and length of road in Antrim specified in Schedule 1 by vehicles other than taxis. Exceptions include emergency vehicles, vehicles being used on or adjacent to the roads in pursuance of statutory powers or duties, vehicles being used in connection with telecommunications work, and vehicles being used in connection with any building operation or demolition on or adjacent to the roads.

The Order also—

1.  introduces a one-way traffic system in the access lane from Dublin Road, Antrim, to the link road between Castle Street and Dublin Road;

2.  introduces a one-way traffic system in the link road between Castle Street, Antrim, and Dublin Road, from its junction with the access lane to its junction with Dublin Road;

3.  prohibits vehicles travelling in a westerly direction along the link road between Castle Street, Antrim, and Dublin Road from making a right-hand turn into Dublin Road between 8.00 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. and between 4.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m.;

4.  prohibits—

(a) vehicles other than taxis at any time; and

(b) taxis between 8.00 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. and between 4.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m.

travelling in a northerly direction along Dublin Road, Antrim, from making a right-hand turn into the access lane from Dublin Road to the link road between Castle Street and Dublin Road; and

5.  prohibits vehicles travelling in a northerly direction along Dublin Road, Antrim, on reaching its junction with Castle Way, from making a U-turn at the northern end of the central reservation.

Any person who acts in contravention of the Order shall be guilty of an offence under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1,000).

Traffic signs indicating the effect of the Order will in due course be erected on the roads.