Road Traffic (St.
Peter) (Jersey) Order 1992
PART 1
INTRODUCTORY
1 Application
This Order applies to the roads in the parish of St. Peter.
2 Interpretation
In this Order, unless the
context otherwise requires –
“Connétable”
means the Connétable of St.
Peter;
“Motor Traffic Law”
means the Motor
Traffic (Jersey) Law 1935;
“road”
includes part of a road.
PART 2
TRAFFIC CIRCULATION
3 One-way
traffic
(1) A
vehicle being driven on a road specified in the first column of Part 1 of Schedule 1
shall, between the point of its entry therein and its departure therefrom,
follow the direction prescribed in relation to that road in the second column
of that Part.
(1A) Paragraph (1)
does not apply to a vehicle specified in the third column of that Part subject
to any limitation specified in that column.[1]
(2) A
vehicle, the overall width of which exceeds 6 feet 6 inches, being driven on a
road specified in the first column of Part 2 of Schedule 1 shall,
between the point of its entry therein and its departure therefrom, follow the
direction prescribed in relation to that road in the second column of that Part.
4 Prohibition
of waiting and stopping
(1) A
vehicle shall not wait on any road specified in the first and second columns of
Schedule 2.
(2) Subject
to Article 7 and Schedule 5, a vehicle shall not wait on a road
within 10 yards of its junction with another road.
(2A) A
vehicle shall not wait on a road specified in the first column of Schedule 2A
for a continuous period in excess of any continuous period specified opposite
the name of the road in the second column of that Schedule.[2]
(2B) A
vehicle shall not wait on a road specified in the first column of Schedule 2A
for periods totalling more than any total specified opposite the name of the
road in the second column of that Schedule.[3]
(3) A
vehicle, other than a public service vehicle of the appropriate class, shall not
stop on any part of a road which is authorized under Article 37 of the Motor
Traffic Law as a stand for public service vehicles.
(4) A
vehicle shall 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.
(5) The
expression “waiting” in this Article does not include the stopping
of a vehicle to set down or pick up passengers.
4A Parking
limited to vehicles loading and unloading[4]
(1) Unless
all the conditions in paragraph (2) are met, a person shall not park a
vehicle –
(a) on a
road specified in columns 1 and 2 of the table in Schedule 2B; and
(b) at a
time falling within a period specified in column 3 of that table.
(2) The
conditions are that –
(a) the
vehicle is being loaded or unloaded in connection with a trade or business
carried on in the vicinity;
(b) the
vehicle is parked for no longer than 20 minutes at any one time;
(c) the
vehicle does not park in any part of that road within one hour of its departure
from that road;
(d) there
is displayed on the internal face of the windscreen of the vehicle or, if the
vehicle has no windscreen, at a convenient place on the left or near side of
the vehicle, and in such manner as to be distinctly seen by any person outside
the vehicle –
(i) a parking disc
indicating the time at which the vehicle was parked, and
(ii) the
business name and address of the user of the vehicle.
(3) The
condition in paragraph (2)(d)(i) is not met if –
(a) more
than one parking disc is displayed;
(b) more
than one time is indicated; or
(c) the
time indicated is altered while the vehicle remains parked.
5 Closing
of roads to through traffic
No vehicle shall be
driven on a road specified in the first and second columns of Schedule 3,
except to or from any land or premises having a means of vehicular access from
that road.
5A Closing
of roads to certain vehicles[5]
No vehicle specified in
the first column of Schedule 3A shall be driven on a road specified in
relation to that vehicle in the second column of that Schedule.
6 Driving
and stationing of certain public service vehicles
(1) Except
with the permission in writing of the Connétable or on the express
direction of a police officer, no char-à-banc shall be driven on a road
specified in the first and second columns of Part 1 of Schedule 4.[6]
(2) Except
with the permission in writing of the Connétable or on the express
direction of a police officer, a char-à-banc being driven on a road
specified in the first column of Part 2 of Schedule 4 shall, between
the point of its entry thereon and the point of its departure therefrom, follow
the direction prescribed in relation to that road in the second column of that Part.[7]
(3) Except
with the permission in writing of the Connétable, no char-à-banc
shall be stationed on any road.
(4) Except
on the express direction of a police officer, no cab shall be stationed on any
road:
Provided that this paragraph
shall not apply to the stationing of a controlled taxi-cab on a taxi rank as
defined in the Motor
Traffic (Taxi-Cabs – General) (Jersey) Order 2002.
(5) In
this Article “cab” and “char-à-banc” have the
same respective meanings as under the Motor Traffic Law.
7 Restriction
on parking
(1) A
vehicle shall not be parked on a road specified in the first column of Part 1
of Schedule 5 for a longer period than that specified in relation to that
road in the second column.
(2) A
vehicle shall not be parked on a road specified in the first column of Part 2
of Schedule 5 in a manner other than that specified in relation to that
road in the second column.
(3) In
this Article “parking” means leaving a vehicle, whether attended or
unattended, and includes stopping a vehicle to load or unload goods or
merchandise but does not include stopping a vehicle to set down or pick up
passengers.
PART 3
MISCELLANEOUS
8 Savings[8]
(1) Articles 4,
5, 5A and 7 shall not apply to any vehicle while it is being used for fire
brigade, ambulance, police or other emergency purposes.
(2) Articles 4
and 7 shall not apply –
(a) so as
to prevent a public service vehicle waiting on a part of any road which is
authorized in accordance with Article 37 of the Motor Traffic Law as a
stand for public service vehicles;
(b) 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 reasonable for the vehicle to wait
otherwise than on that road while such gate or barrier is being opened or
closed;
(c) to a
vehicle waiting on any road on the express direction or with the specific
permission of a police officer;
(d) 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.
(3) Nothing
in Article 7 shall be construed as derogating from the powers of a police
officer to require the removal of a vehicle which is parked in such manner as
to be likely to obstruct the free flow of traffic.
9 Citation
This Order may be cited
as the Road Traffic (St. Peter) (Jersey) Order 1992.