STATUTORY RULES OF

2015 No. 416

ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES

The Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Made - - - - 18th December 2015 Coming into operation - 14th January 2016

The Department for Regional Development(a) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 37(3), 37(4) and 38(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(b) and now vested in it(c).

The Department has consulted such persons as it considered appropriate in compliance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 5 to that Order.

The Department has published a notice in compliance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of that Schedule.

No written objection or other representation has been received.

Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as The Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 14th January 2016.

Speed restriction on certain roads 2. The Department directs that each of the lengths of road specified in Schedule 1 shall be a restricted road.

Application of speed limits 3. The driving of motor vehicles at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Schedule 2 is prohibited. 4. The driving of motor vehicles at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on the road and lengths of road specified in Schedule 3 is prohibited.

Revocations 5. The provisions described in Schedule 4 are revoked.

(a) S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(1) (b) S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2) (c) S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IV Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 18th December 2015

(L.S.) G F McKenna A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development

2 SCHEDULE 1 Article 2 Restricted lengths of road 1. Tullyodonnell Road, Route C623, Rock, , from a point 40 metres south of its junction with Galcussagh Road, Unclassified No. 827, to its junction with Rockdale Road, Route C623. 2. Dergbrough Road, Route B47, , from a point 150 metres south-west its junction with Culvacullion Road, Route B48, for a distance of 195 metres in a south-westerly direction.

SCHEDULE 2 Article 3 Lengths of road subject to a speed limit of 40 miles per hour 1. Rockdale Road, Route C623, Rock, Cookstown, from a point 180 metres east of its junction with Tullyodonnell Road, Route C623, for a distance of 170 metres in an easterly direction. 2. Mountjoy Road, Route B161, , , from a point 25 metres north-east of its junction with Mountjoy Castle Road, Unclassified No. 1054, for a distance of 515 metres in a north-easterly direction. 3. Road, Route B45, Dungannon, from a point 320 metres north of its junction with Killyliss Road, Route C646, to a point 695 metres north of that junction. 4. Eglish Road, Route B45, Dungannon, from a point 95 metres south of its junction with Stiloga Road, Route C646, to a point 699 metres south of that junction. 5. Whites Road, Unclassified No. 943, , Dungannon, from its junction with Fasglashagh Road, Unclassified No. 943, to a point 421 metres north-west of its junction with Ballygawley Road, Route B34.

SCHEDULE 3 Article 4 Road and lengths of road subject to a speed limit of 50 miles per hour

1. Belfast Road, Route A2, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, from Seapark Roundabout, Route A2, to a point 100 metres north-east of its junction with Trooperslane Road, Carrickfergus, Route C76. 2. Seapark Roundabout, Route A2, Greenisland. 3. Shore Road, Route A2, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, from its south-west junction with the former Shore Road, Route A2, Greenisland, to its junction with Seapark Roundabout, Route A2. 4. Ballynahinch Road, Route C297, Lisburn, from a point 287 metres south of its junction with Kensington Park, Unclassified No. 7027, to a point 130 metres north of its junction with Green Road, Legacurry, Unclassified No. 0160.

3 SCHEDULE 4 Article 5 Revocations 1. The item referred to as The Lisburn-Ballynahinch Road, Class I No. A49, Co. Down, from a point approximately 630 yards north-west of the junction with Waterloo Road to a point approximately 1,790 yards north-west of this junction in Schedule II to the Roads (Speed Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1956(a). 2. Item 1 of Schedule 2 to the Roads (Speed Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996(b). 3. Item 102 of the Schedule to the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 13) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997(c). 4. Item 4 of Schedule 2 to the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(d). 5. Items 7, 9 and 10 of Schedule 2 to the Roads (Speed Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003(e). 6. Items 27, 28, 29 and 30 of Schedule 3 to the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007(f). 7. Item 11 of Schedule 3 to the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010(g).

(a) S.R. & O. 1956 No. 124 (b) S.R. 1996 No. 2 (c) S.R. 1997 No. 416 (d) S.R. 2001 No. 356 (e) S.R. 2003 No. 82 (f) S.R. 2007 No. 232 (g) S.R. 2010 No. 213

4 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order— (a) makes the lengths of road specified in Schedule 1 restricted roads; (b) applies a speed limit of 40 miles per hour to the lengths of road specified in Schedule 2; (c) applies a speed limit of 50 miles per hour to the road and lengths of road specified in Schedule 3; and (d) revokes the provisions in Schedule 4. In relation to the revoked provisions in Schedule 4— 1. The speed limit on the lengths of Ballynahinch Road, Lisburn (paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 4) is now set at 50 miles per hour. 2. The speed limit on the length of Belfast Road, Carrickfergus (paragraph 2 of Schedule 4) is now set at 50 miles per hour. 3. The speed limit on the length of Whites Road, Dungannon (paragraph 4 of Schedule 4) is now partly 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting) and partly set at 40 miles per hour. 4. The speed limits on the lengths of Ballybeg Road and Mountjoy Castle Road, Brockagh, Dungannon (items 7 and 10 of paragraph 5 of Schedule 4) are now 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting). 5. The speed limit on the length of Mountjoy Road, Brockagh, Dungannon (item 9 of paragraph 5 of Schedule 4) is now partly 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting) and partly set at 40 miles per hour. 6. The speed limit on the length of Drumballyhugh Road, Rock, Cookstown (item 27 of paragraph 6 of Schedule 4) is now 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting). 7. The speed limit on the length of Oughterard Road, Rock, Cookstown (item 28 of paragraph 6 of Schedule 4) is now 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting). 8. The speed limit on the length of Rockdale Road, Rock, Cookstown (item 29 of paragraph 6 of Schedule 4) is now partly 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting) and partly set at 40 miles per hour. 9. The speed limit on the length of Tullyodonnell Road, Rock, Cookstown (item 30 of paragraph 6 of Schedule 4) is now 30 miles per hour (restricted road). 10. The speed limit on the length of Eglish Road, Dungannon (paragraph 7 of Schedule 4) is now partly 30 miles per hour (restricted by street lighting) and partly set at 40 miles per hour.

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