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Off-street Parking (Functions of District Councils) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

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The Act contains only one section.  Subsection (1) of section 1 provides that the functions presently exercised by the Department under Articles 10 to 14 and 25 to 27 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 will transfer to the councils with effect from 1 April 2015.

Subsection (2) makes it clear that those functions do not include functions relating to park and ride or park and share parking places nor the making of regulations.

Subsection (3) of section 1 provides that the functions presently exercised by the Department under Articles 3 to 28 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 will become exercisable, from 1 April 2015, by district councils in relation to relevant contraventions occurring within off-street car parks within their districts.  Subsection (4) defines relevant contraventions.

Subsection (5) makes it clear that functions relating to contraventions occurring in park and ride and park and share parking places and functions regarding the making of regulations will not become exercisable by the councils.

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