Road Traffic (Trinity) (Jersey) Order 1988

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Road Traffic (Trinity) (Jersey) Order 1988

Article

INTRODUCTORY  4

1             Application. 4

2             Interpretation. 4

TRAFFIC CIRCULATION   4

3             One-way traffic. 4

4             Prohibition of waiting and stopping. 5

4A          Restriction on parking of vehicles on certain roads. 5

5             Driving and stationing of certain vehicles. 6

MISCELLANEOUS  6

6             Savings. 6

7             Citation. 6

One-Way traffic routes  7

Prohibition of waiting and stopping   8

duration of parking ON CERTAIN ROADS  12

PART 1  12

parking limited to 12 hours in 24 hours  12

PART 2  12

parking limited to 20 minutes with disc   12

Roads of restricted use by vehicles exceeding 6 feet 6 inches in width   13

Table of Legislation History. 14

Table of Renumbered Provisions. 14

Table of Endnote References. 14

Road Traffic (Trinity) (Jersey) Order 1988

PART 1

INTRODUCTORY

1        Application

This Order applies to roads in the parish of Trinity.

2        Interpretation[1]

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires –

“Motor Traffic Law” means the Motor Traffic (Jersey) Law 1935;

“road” includes part of a road.

PART 2

TRAFFIC CIRCULATION

3        One-way traffic[2]

Every vehicle entering any of the lengths of road specified in the first column of Schedule 1 must, between its point of entry and its departure, follow the directions prescribed in relation to that length of road in the second column of that Schedule.

4        Prohibition of waiting and stopping

(1)     A vehicle must not wait on any 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 any part of a road which 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 any part of a road which has been designated as a no waiting area for the purpose of allowing access to any premises from that part of that road.[6]

(5)     In this Article “wait” does not include the stopping of a vehicle to set down or pick up passengers.

4A     Restriction on parking of vehicles on certain roads[7]

(1)     A vehicle that is parked on a road specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 must not be parked for a total period exceeding 12 hours in any continuous period of 24 hours.[8]

(2)     A vehicle that is parked on a road specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 must not be parked for longer than 20 minutes.[9]

(3)     A vehicle parked on a road specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 must not park in any part of the same road within one hour after the expiry of the period permitted under paragraph (2).

(4)     When a vehicle is parked on a road specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 a parking disc conforming generally with the conditions in paragraph (5) and indicating the time at which the vehicle arrived there must be displayed –

(a)     against the internal face of the windscreen of the vehicle; or

(b)     if the vehicle has no windscreen, at a convenient place on the left or near side of the vehicle, in such manner that the time of arrival of the vehicle may be distinctly seen by any person outside the vehicle.

(5)     The conditions referred to in paragraph (4) are that –

(a)     the disc is composed of 2 pieces of pale yellow cardboard enclosing 3 red cardboard discs each pivoted about its centre on which are printed figures that can be revealed through 3 apertures cut into one of the pieces of yellow cardboard; and

(b)     the left hand aperture shows the hour, the centre aperture the tens of minutes, and the right hand aperture the minutes, of the time of arrival at the parking place.[10]

(6)     A person must not –

(a)     display more than one parking disc on the vehicle;

(b)     indicate on the parking disc a time different from  that of the time of arrival at the parking place;

(c)     alter the time of arrival indicated on the parking disc whilst the vehicle is parked on that road;

(d)     alter the time of arrival indicated on the parking disc whilst the vehicle is parked on any part of that road during the period permitted under paragraph (2).

5        Driving and stationing of certain vehicles

(1)     Except with the permission in writing of the Connétable, a char-à-banc must not be stationed on any road.[11]

(2)     Except on the express direction of a police officer, a cab must not be stationed on any road.[12]

(2A)   Paragraph (2) does not apply to the stationing of a taxi-cab on a taxi rank as defined in the Motor Traffic (Cabs – General) (Jersey) Order 2021.[13]

(3)     In this Article, “cab” and “char-à-banc” have the same respective meanings as in the Motor Traffic Law.

(4)     A vehicle the overall width of which exceeds 6 feet 6 inches must not be driven on a road specified in Schedule 4 unless it is –

(a)     being driven to or from any premises situated on or adjacent to that road; or

(b)     a vehicle engaged in mechanical road sweeping or road gully cleaning.[14]

PART 3

MISCELLANEOUS

6        Savings[15]

Article 4 does not apply –

(a)     to any vehicle while it is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or other emergency purposes;

(b)     so as to prevent a public service vehicle waiting on a part of any road which is authorised in accordance with Article 37 of the Motor Traffic Law as a stand for public service vehicles;

(c)     to a vehicle waiting on any road 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 road while such gate or barrier is being opened or closed;

(d)     to a vehicle waiting on any road on the express direction or with the specific permission of a police officer;

(e)     to a vehicle stopping on any road owing to the driver being prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond the driver’s control or to a vehicle stopping in order to avoid an accident.

7        Citation

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Trinity) (Jersey) Order 1988.

Schedule 1[16]

(Article 3)

One-Way traffic routes

Schedule 2[17]

(Article 4)

Prohibition of waiting and stopping

Schedule 3[18]

(Article 4A)

duration of parking ON CERTAIN ROADS

PART 1

parking limited to 12 hours in 24 hours

PART 2

parking limited to 20 minutes with disc

Schedule 4[19]

(Article 5(4))

Roads of restricted use by vehicles exceeding 6 feet 6 inches in width

Endnotes

Table of Legislation History

Table of Renumbered Provisions

Table of Endnote References