Roads Act, 1993
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Service areas. |
54.—(1) A motorway scheme or a protected road scheme made under section 47 may include provision for a service area. | |
(2) (a) Only classes of vehicles prescribed under section 43 (3) shall have access from a service area to a motorway. | ||
(b) Save as is provided in a protected road scheme approved by the Minister under section 49 , all types of traffic and classes of vehicles shall have access from a service area to a protected road. | ||
(3) (a) Where a motorway scheme or a protected road scheme approved by the Minister under section 49 includes provision for a service area— | ||
(i) the Authority (in the case of a national road), or | ||
(ii) a road authority, with the consent of the Authority (in the case of a national road) or the consent of the Minister (in the case of a regional road or local road), | ||
may— | ||
(I) provide or operate in a service area facilities or services for persons and vehicles using a motorway or a protected road, | ||
(II) make an agreement with any person whereby that person (either by himself or jointly with the Authority or the road authority as the case may be) provides or operates in a service area facilities or services for persons and vehicles using a motorway or a protected road. | ||
(b) A service area on a motorway or a protected road shall not be provided or operated save in accordance with paragraph (a). | ||
(4) (a) The Minister may make regulations— | ||
(i) for the purposes of this section, | ||
(ii) providing for the application of moneys accruing to a road authority in respect of the exercise of its functions under this section. | ||
(b) Any person who contravenes a regulation under this section which is deemed to be a penal regulation shall be guilty of an offence. |