1997 No. 207

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

One-Way Traffic (Belfast) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Made

Coming into operation

WHEREAS the Department of the Environment has published a notice in compliance with Article 23(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 19811;

AND WHEREAS no objection or representation has been received;

NOW THEREFORE the Department, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 21(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the One-Way Traffic (Belfast) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 21st July 1997.

Amendment2

Schedule 2 to the One-Way Traffic (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 19862 shall be amended by the addition thereto of the following items—

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Dudley Street, from its junction with Fitzroy Avenue to its junction with University Street

Northerly from Fitzroy Avenue

Dudley Street, from its junction with Fitzroy Avenue to its junction with Rugby Avenue

Southerly from Fitzroy Avenue

Sandhurst Road

Northerly from Fitzroy Avenue

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

J. CarlisleAssistant Secretary

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the provisions of the One-Way Traffic (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1986.

The amendment provides for—

1

a northbound one-way traffic system in that part of Dudley Street, Belfast, between its junction with Fitzroy Avenue and its junction with University Street;

2

a southbound one-way traffic system in that part of Dudley Street, Belfast, between its junction with Fitzroy Avenue and its junction with Rugby Avenue; and

3

a northbound one-way traffic system in Sandhurst Road, Belfast.

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.