Jersey R & O 9303
Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956
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ROAD TRAFFIC (SAINT HELIER) (AMENDMENT No. 5) (JERSEY) ORDER 1998
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THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, in
pursuance of Articles 22, 33 and 42 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956, as
amended, and after consultation with the Connétable
of Saint Helier, hereby orders as follows –
1. In
paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Saint Helier) (Jersey) Order
1996, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”) the definition
of “pedal cycle” shall be deleted.
2. For
Article 5 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following
Article –
“Stopping of vehicles at certain
road junctions
5.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this
Article, no vehicle shall enter any area marked for the purposes of this
Article on the surface of a road at the junction of any group of roads
specified in the Third Schedule if the driver of that vehicle has reasonable
cause to believe that, due to the presence of stationary vehicles, any part of
the vehicle will remain stationary within that area.
(2) A
vehicle may remain stationary within any area described in paragraph (1) of
this Article for so long as it is prevented from completing a right turn by
reason of –
(a) oncoming
vehicles; or
(b) the
presence of other stationary vehicles waiting in or near that area to complete
a right turn.”.
3. After
paragraph (3) of Article 8 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the
following paragraph –
“(4) No
vehicle shall be driven on that part of the width of any road specified in Part
IV of the Sixth Schedule which is beyond the marking on the surface of the road
indicating the edge of the carriageway unless –
(a) the
road is too narrow for vehicles to pass safely in opposite directions without
either or both of them driving beyond such marking; and
(b) the
driver of the vehicle, having given consideration to any pedestrian who may be
in the vicinity, drives beyond the marking only for the purpose of stopping to
permit another vehicle to pass.”.
4. In
paragraph (1) of Article 30 of the principal Order for the words “Tenth
Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “Part I of the Tenth
Schedule”.
5. After
Article 30 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following Article
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“Use of footways or cycle tracks
by vehicles for loading and unloading
30A. A vehicle may be
parked on the area marked on the surface of a footway or cycle track for the
purposes of this Article and specified in the first and second columns of the
table in Part II of the Tenth Schedule during the times specified in the third
column of that table, for the purpose of being loaded or unloaded in connection
with a trade or business carried on in the vicinity.”.
6. After
Part III of the Sixth Schedule to the principal Order there shall be inserted
the following Part –
“PART IV
(Article 8(4))
Parts of roads closed to vehicular
traffic
Westhill
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East and south side”
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7. For
the Tenth Schedule to the principal Order there shall be substituted the
Schedule contained in the Schedule to this Order.
8. This
Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Saint Helier) (Amendment No. 5)
(Jersey) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the first day of November
1998.
By Order of the Public Services Committee,
C.M. NEWCOMBE
Deputy Greffier of the States.
12th October 1998.
SCHEDULE
(Article 7)
“TENTH SCHEDULE
PART I
(Article 30)
Parking of vehicles for loading and unloading
Beresford Street
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South side (between Halkett Place
and Halkett Street)
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Halkett Place
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East side (between Beresford Street
and Hilgrove Street)
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PART II
(Article 30A)
Use of footways or cycle tracks by vehicles for loading and
unloading
Area
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Location
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Times
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Halkett Place
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East side outside the north part of
the building known as Morier House
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6 am to 10 am
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