Road Traffic (St.
Mary) (Jersey) Order 2000
THE ENVIRONMENT
AND PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, in pursuance of Articles 62
and 84 of the Road
Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956 and after consultation with the
Connétable of St. Mary, orders as follows –
Commencement [see endnotes]
PART 1
INTRODUCTORY
1 Application
This Order applies to the roads in the Parish of St. Mary.
2 Interpretation[1]
In this Order, unless the
context otherwise requires –
“cab” has the
same meaning as it has in the Motor Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1935;
“char-à-banc”
has the same meaning as it has in the Motor Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1935;
“Motor Traffic Law” means the Motor Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1935;
“road”
includes part of a road;
“taxi rank”
has the same meaning as it has in the Motor Traffic (Cabs
– General) (Jersey) Order 2021.
PART 2
TRAFFIC CIRCULATION
3 One-way
traffic[2]
A vehicle being driven on
a road specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 must travel in the
direction specified in column 2 unless it is a vehicle specified in
column 3.
4 Prohibition
of waiting and stopping
(1) A
vehicle must not wait on a road specified in Schedule 2.[3]
(2) A
vehicle must not wait on a road within 10 yards of its junction with another
road.[4]
(3) A
vehicle, other than a public service vehicle of the appropriate class, must not
stop on a part of a road that is authorised under Article 37 of the Motor
Traffic Law as a stand for public service vehicles.[5]
(4) A
vehicle must not wait on a part of a road that has been designated, for the
purpose of allowing access to any premises from that part of the road, as a no
waiting area.[6]
(5) In
this Article, “waiting” does not include the stopping of a vehicle
to set down or pick up passengers.
5 Public
service vehicles
(1) A
char-à-banc must not be driven on a road specified in Schedule 3,
Part 1.[7]
(2) A
char-à-banc being driven on a road specified in the first and second
columns of Part 2 of Schedule 3 must, between its point of entry into
the road and its point of departure from the road, follow the direction
prescribed in relation to that road in the second column of that Part.[8]
(3) A
char-à-banc must not be stationed on a road.[9]
(4) A
cab must not be stationed on a road.[10]
5A Duration
of parking on certain roads[11]
A vehicle must not be parked on a road specified
in Schedule 4 for a total period exceeding 12 hours in any continuous
period of 24 hours.
PART 3
MISCELLANEOUS
6 Savings
(1) Article 4
does not apply –
(a) to a
vehicle while it is being used for fire brigade, ambulance, police or other
emergency purposes;
(b) so as
to prevent a public service vehicle waiting on a part of a road that is
authorized in accordance with Article 37 of the Motor Traffic (Jersey)
Law 1935 as a stand for public service vehicles;
(c) to a
vehicle waiting on a road while a 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 road while the gate or barrier is being opened or
closed;
(d) to a
vehicle on a road on the express direction or with the specific permission of a
police officer;
(e) to a
vehicle stopping on a road because the driver is prevented from proceeding by
circumstances beyond the driver’s control; or
(f) to
a vehicle stopping on a road in order to avoid an accident.[12]
(2) Article 5(1),
(2) and (3) does not apply to a char-à-banc driven or stationed on a
road with the permission in writing of the Connétable of St. Mary.[13]
(3) Article 5(1)
and (2) does not apply to a char-à-banc driven on a road on the express
direction of a police officer.[14]
(4) Article 5(4)
does not apply to the stationing at a taxi rank of a controlled taxi-cab on a
taxi rank as defined in the Motor Traffic (Taxi-Cabs - General) (Jersey)
Order 2002.[15]
7 Citation
This Order may be cited
as the Road Traffic (St. Mary) (Jersey) Order 2000.
[1] Article 2 amended
by R&O.114/2023, revised on 14 June 2024 by Law Revision Board item 2024/1
[2] Article 3 text
substituted by R&O.114/2023
[3] Article 4(1) substituted
by R&O.114/2023
[4] Article 4(2) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[5] Article 4(3) substituted
by R&O.114/2023
[6] Article 4(4) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[7] Article 5(1) substituted
by R&O.114/2023
[8] Article 5(2) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[9] Article 5(3) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[10] Article 5(4) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[11] Article 5A inserted
by R&O.26/2017, amended by R&O.114/2023
[12] Article 6(1) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[13] Article 6(2) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[14] Article 6(3) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[15] Article 6(4) amended
by R&O.114/2023
[16] Schedule 1 amended
by R&O.100/2015, R&O.18/2021. R&O.114/2023
[17] Schedule 2 amended
by R&O.26/2017
[18] Schedule 4 inserted
by R&O.26/2017