Road
Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments – Coastguard Vehicles) (Jersey) Order 2021
Made 10th May 2021
Coming into
force 17th May 2021
THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE makes this Order under Articles 72,
77 and 84 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1] –
1 Article 37 (audible
warning instruments) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Jersey)
Order 1998 amended
For Article 37(5)(a) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and
Use) (Jersey) Order 1998[2] there is substituted –
“(a) used
for the purposes of the Fire and Rescue Service or the Jersey Coastguard
service or for ambulance or police purposes;”.
2 Article 1
(interpretation) of the Road Traffic (Lighting) (Jersey) Order 1998 amended
In Article 1 of the Road Traffic (Lighting) (Jersey) Order 1998[3] in the definition “emergency vehicle” after sub-paragraph (a) there
is inserted –
“(aa) a
vehicle used for the purposes of the Jersey Coastguard service;”.
3 Article 30 (exceptions
relating to fire service, ambulance or police) of the Traffic Signs (Jersey)
Order 1968 amended
In Article 30 of the
Traffic Signs (Jersey) Order 1968[4] –
(a) for the heading there is
substituted “Exceptions for drivers of vehicles used for emergency services”;
(b) in the opening words of
Article 30, after “Article 74(1)”, “(b)” is deleted.
(c) sub-paragraphs (i),
(ii) and (iii) are renumbered (a), (b) and (c) respectively.
4 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous
Amendments – Coastguard Vehicles) (Jersey) Order 2021 and comes into force 7 days
after the day it is made.
Deputy K.C. Lewis of St.
Saviour
Minister for Infrastructure