The Private Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

(Regulation 9)

SCHEDULE 2 GATES

1.  Where gates are used, each gate shall (by itself or with another gate on the same side of the railway) be long enough to extend across the full width of a private road or path, and shall be pivoted to open away from the railway.

2.  When a gate is closed, the uppermost surface of the gate shall not be less than 1350 millimetres above the road surface at the centre of the private road or path and the under clearance between each gate and the road shall not exceed 150 millimetres. Where the private road or path is an unmetalled track, the under clearance between the gate and the ground shall be no greater than 150 millimetres than is reasonably necessary, having regard to the need to avoid the gate grounding during opening and closing movements.

3.  Where a gate is not installed solely for use by pedestrians, it shall be furnished with suitable mechanisms for securing it in the open and in the closed positions.

4.  So far as reasonably practicable, a gate shall be constructed so as to be strong enough to withstand distortion or fracture caused by wind pressure or by a farm animal, and, subject thereto, it shall be as light in weight as possible.