Road Traffic Act, 1961
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Stopping places and stands for omnibuses. |
85.—(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing, direct, in respect of a route upon which omnibuses are operated, that specified points shall be stopping places or that specified places shall be used as stands for the omnibuses. | |
(2) The Commissioner may, at any time, by notice in writing, revoke or amend a direction given by him under subsection (1) of this section or any amendment made under this subsection of any such direction. | ||
(3) The Commissioner, when directing under this section that any particular point shall be a stopping place, may further direct that the point shall be a stopping place only for taking up passengers or that the point shall be a stopping place only for setting down passengers. | ||
(4) The Commissioner, when directing under this section that any particular point shall be a stopping place, may further direct that the point shall be a designated stopping place for omnibuses bearing a special notice indicating that they will stop only at designated stopping places. | ||
(5) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to a notice under this section: | ||
(a) the notice shall be signed by the Commissioner or by an officer of the Garda Síochána authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner; | ||
(b) the notice shall be addressed to the person who is operating the omnibus service specified in the notice; | ||
(c) the notice may state the date on and after which it is to be effective; | ||
(d) the notice, or a copy thereof, shall be served on the said person by registered post; | ||
(e) the notice shall have effect on and after whichever of the following days is the later, that is to say, the day stated in that behalf in the notice or the day after the day on which service of the notice (or a copy thereof) is effected or is deemed by section 18 of the Interpretation Act, 1937 to have been effected. | ||
(6) A certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Garda Síochána and to certify that a notice under this section in specified terms had effect on a specified day or days or during a specified period shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that he was an officer of the Garda Síochána, be evidence in any legal proceedings until the contrary is shown that a notice under this section in the specified terms has been issued, that the requirements of subsection (5) of this section have been complied with in relation thereto and that it had effect on the specified day or days or during the specified period. |