Maps N.I.

Maps N.I.

36.—(1) The Department may prepare a map for the purposes of any—

(a) traffic regulation order;

(b) parking place order; or

(c) extinguishment order.

(2) The Department shall ensure that any map to which reference is made by a traffic regulation order, a parking place order or an extinguishment order is—

(a) available for inspection by the public; and

(b) preserved for record purposes.

(3) In this Article—

“extinguishment order” means—

(a)

an order made, or which the Department proposes to make, under Article 100(1) of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 11);

(b)

any provision having effect as if so made;

“map” includes a map in electronic form;

“parking place order” means—

(a)

an order made, or which the Department proposes to make, under Article 10(4) or 15(1) of the 1997 Order;

(b)

any provision having effect as if so made;

“traffic regulation order” means—

(a)

an order made, or which the Department proposes to make, under Article 4 of the 1997 Order;

(b)

any prohibition or restriction having effect, or which the Department intends to impose, under Part III of the 1997 Order;

(c)

such other provisions of a similar nature as the Department considers appropriate.

Use of maps in certain orders N.I.

37.—(1) In Article 4 of the 1997 Order, after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(4A) A traffic regulation order may—

(a) specify any public road or any area by reference to a map prepared under Article 36 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 which is not part of the order; and

(b) provide that the order shall have effect as if the map were part of the order.”.

(2) In Article 10 of the 1997 Order (power of Department to provide parking places), after paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(6A) An order under paragraph (4) may—

(a) specify any road by reference to a map prepared under Article 36 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 which is not part of the order; and

(b) provide that the order shall have effect as if the map were part of the order.”.

(3) In Article 15 of the 1997 Order (designation of parking places on roads for which charges may be made), after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(4A) An order under paragraph (1) may—

(a) designate a parking place or specify a public road by reference to a map prepared under Article 36 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 which is not part of the order; and

(b) provide that the order shall have effect as if the map were part of the order.”.