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96.—(1) The owner of a builder's skip who causes or permits it to be deposited in such a position on a road as to cause or be likely to cause a danger to persons using or entering the road shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) The Department may make regulations specifying conditions subject to which builders' skips may be deposited on roads, and, in particular, conditions relating to—
(a)the siting of skips,
(b)the marking on skips of the name and telephone number or address of the owner thereof,
(c)their dimensions,
(d)the manner in which they are to be coated with paint or other material for the purpose of making them immediately visible to oncoming traffic,
(e)the care and disposal of their contents,
(f)the times at and manner in which they are to be lighted or guarded,
(g)their removal.
(3) Regulations made under paragraph (2) may specify positions and circumstances in which the owner of a builder's skip shall not cause or permit it to be deposited on roads without obtaining the consent of the Department.
(4) Where the owner of a builder's skip contravenes any regulations made under paragraph (2), he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(5) Where the commission by any person of an offence under paragraph (1) or (4) is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this paragraph whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.
(6) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) or (4) it shall, subject to paragraph (7), be a defence for the person charged to prove that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person and that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence by himself or any person under his control.
(7) A person charged with an offence under paragraph (1) or (4) shall not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence provided by paragraph (6) unless, within a period ending 7 days before the hearing, he has served on the complainant a notice in writing giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of that other person as was then in his possession.
(8) The person to whom a consent is issued under this Article in respect of a builder's skip shall indemnify the Department against any claim in respect of injury, damage or loss arising out of the deposit or presence of that skip on a road, other than a claim in respect of injury, damage or loss which is attributable to the negligence of the Department.
(9) Nothing in this Article shall be taken as authorising the creation of a nuisance or danger to persons using or entering a road.
(10) In this Article andF1 in Article 97—
“builder's skip” means a container designed to be carried on a vehicle and to be placed on a road or other land for the storage of builders' materials, or for the removal and disposal of rubble, waste, household and other rubbish or earth;
“constable” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;
“owner”, in relation to a builder's skip which is the subject of a hiring agreement, being an agreement for a hiring of not less than one month, or a hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the skip under that agreement;
“police officer” means a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of Inspector.
F1prosp. subst. by 1995 NI 19
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