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					<dc:description>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.</dc:description>
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<Text>Article 2 shall not apply to—</Text>
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<Text>a vehicle the driver of which is acting upon the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden;</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/310/article/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/310/article/3/b" id="article-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>a vehicle being used for police, military, ambulance or fire brigade purposes or in an emergency by a medical practitioner;</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>a vehicle being used on or adjacent to the roads or length of road in pursuance of statutory powers or duties by or on behalf of a government department, district council or statutory undertaker;</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>a vehicle being used in connection with the laying, erection, alteration or repair of any telecommunications apparatus as defined in section 4(3) of the Telecommunications Act 1984<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>; or</Text>
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<Text>a vehicle being used in connection with any building operation or demolition on or adjacent to the roads or length of road.</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1984" Number="0012">1984 c. 12</Citation></Text>
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