STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 301 of 1967 .

ROAD TRAFFIC (SIGNS) (TEMPORARY AUTHORISATIONS) ORDER, 1967.

DUBLIN

PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE

S.I. No. 301 of 1967 .

ROAD TRAFFIC (SIGNS) (TEMPORARY AUTHORISATIONS) ORDER, 1967.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 95 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 , ( No. 24 of 1961 ) hereby orders as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Signs) (Temporary Authorisations) Order, 1967.

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1966, the following signs may be used as follows until the Minister for Local Government otherwise determines or until the 31st day of December, 1969, whichever is the earlier:--

(a) a temporary informative sign, rectangular in shape and showing in black letters on a yellow field the direction to a place where an event which will be attended by a large number of persons is to be held;

(b) flashing lights, erected on or before the 15th day of October, 1962, under the provisions of article 16 of the Traffic Signs Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 284 of 1956 ).

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order authorises the continuance in use until 31st December, 1969, or until the Minister for Local Government otherwise determines, of certain traffic signs which are not in accordance with the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 to 1966.