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bye laws

yes chance · 2013-02-20 09:50:08

can a local authority make a bye law that can over rule the road traffic act?

20-02-2013 10:50AM

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can a local authority make a bye law that can over rule the road traffic act?

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#2 20-02-2013 11:10AM

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Absolutely not.

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#3 20-02-2013 11:24AM

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NoQuarter wrote: »

Absolutely not.

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#4 20-02-2013 06:24PM

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A lower authority (a council) can't override a higher authority (the Oireachtas) and make legal that which is illegal.

That said, bye-laws and other instruments (regulations, orders, etc.) can tweak the boundaries, e.g. raise a speed limit that would otherwise have a lower speed limit, but they will normally need this power to be granted to them by statute.

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