Road Traffic
(Prohibition of Waiting) (Clearways) (Jersey) Order 1963[1]
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“Law” means
the Road Traffic
(Jersey) Law 1956;
“main carriageway”,
in relation to any road, means any carriageway of that road used primarily for
through traffic and excludes any other carriageway of that road the junction of
which with the first mentioned carriageway is marked by a traffic sign,
consisting of a yellow dotted line on the road, authorized by the Minister for Infrastructure
under Article 72(3) of the Law;
“Schedule”
means the Schedule to this Order.[2]
2
Save as provided by Article 3,
no person shall, except on the direction or with the permission of a police
officer, cause or permit any vehicle to stop or wait on the main carriageway of
any road specified in the Schedule.
3
Nothing in Article 2
shall apply –
(a) so
as to prevent a vehicle stopping or waiting on the main carriageway of any road
specified in the Schedule for so long as may be necessary to enable the
vehicle, if it cannot be used for such purpose without stopping or waiting on
that carriageway, to be used in connection with any building operation or
demolition work, the removal of any obstruction or potential obstruction to
traffic, the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of that road, or the
erection, laying, placing, maintenance, testing, alteration, repair or removal
of any structure, works or apparatus, in, on, under or over that road;
(b) to
any vehicle whilst it is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police
purposes;
(c) to
a vehicle being used for the purpose of delivering or collecting postal packets
as defined in Article 1 of the Post Office (Jersey) Law 1969;
(d) so
as to prevent a public service vehicle stopping or waiting on a part of the
main carriageway of any road specified in the Schedule which is authorized, in
accordance with the Motor
Traffic (Jersey) Law 1935, as a stand for public service vehicles;
(e) so
as to prevent a vehicle stopping or waiting on the main carriageway of any road
specified in the Schedule for so long as may be necessary to enable the
vehicle, if it cannot be used for such purpose without stopping or waiting on
that carriageway, to be used for the purpose of the collection of household
refuse from, or the clearing of cesspools at, premises situated on or adjacent
to that road;
(f) to
a vehicle waiting on the main carriageway of any road specified in the Schedule
while any gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the
vehicle requires access or from which it has emerged is being opened or closed,
if it is not reasonably practicable for the vehicle to wait otherwise than on
that carriageway while such gate or barrier is being opened or closed;
(g) to
a vehicle stopped or waiting on the main carriageway of any road specified in
the Schedule on the express direction or with the specific permission of a
police officer.[3]
4 Citation
This Order may be cited
as the Road Traffic (Prohibition of Waiting) (Clearways) (Jersey)
Order 1963.
SCHEDULE[4]
L’Avenue de la Commune.
L’Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II.
La Route de Beaumont
from its junction with L’Avenue de la Reine Elizabeth II to its
junction with La Route de la Haule.
Route de la Haule, from
its junction with Victoria Avenue to its junction with Mont au Roux (La Haule
Hill).
La Route de la
Libération, including the spur roads to and from La Route du Port
Elizabeth and Castle Street.
Route du Fort from its
junction with Caledonia Place for a distance of 400 yards extending eastwards.
La Vallée des
Vaux, from its junction with Le Mont de la Trinité (Trinity Hill) to its
junction with Springbank Avenue.
Victoria Avenue.