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Permits.
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26.—(1) Section 35(2) of the Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after paragraph (s) the following:
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“(t) the issue of permits at a prescribed charge by a local authority, or any other body authorised by the Minister to issue such permits, for the purpose of—
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(i) exempting permit holders from restrictions or prohibitions on parking applied under this section,
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(ii) allowing for the parking of vehicles by permit holders at specified locations, or
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(iii) exempting permit holders from the application of prohibitions and restrictions to specified traffic from entering or using specified roads, and
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separate charges may be prescribed in respect of different permits.”.
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(2) The following subsection is inserted after subsection (6) of section 35 of the Act of 1994:
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“(7) A permit issued under regulations made under subsection (2)(t) may be inspected, at all reasonable times, by a member of the Garda Síochána or (other than in respect of a permit issued under regulations made under subsection (2)(t)(iii)) a traffic warden.
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(8) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to permit the inspection of a permit referred to in subsection (7) is guilty of an offence.”.
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