Motorways Traffic (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Motorways Traffic (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 20th September 2004.

Amendments

2.  The Motorways Traffic Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984(1) shall be amended as follows –

(1) For the definition of “bus lane” in regulation 1(2) (interpretation) substitute the following definition –

““bus lane” means an area of hard shoulder specified in the Schedules;”

(2) For regulation 9A (restriction on the use of hard shoulder) substitute the following regulation –

“9A.   Save as provided in regulations 7(2) and 14, a person shall not –

(a) during the hours 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday, cause or permit any vehicle other than a bus to enter, proceed or wait in the bus lane specified in Schedule 1;

(b) during the hours 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. on a weekday, cause or permit any vehicle other than a bus to enter, proceed or wait in the bus lane specified in Schedule 2.”.

(3) For the Schedule substitute the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

3.  The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(2) are hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 10th August 2004.

L.S.

J. Carlisle

A senior officer of the

Department for Regional Development