# Off-Street Parking Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996, Section 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Off-Street Parking Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1996.
(2) In these bye-laws—
“designated car park” means any car park specified in Part III of Schedule 1;
“driver” means the person who whether as owner or otherwise has the charge or control of a vehicle or being present is entitled to give orders to the person having charge or control thereof;
“intoxicating liquor” means spirits, wine, beer, cider and any fermented, distilled or spirituous liquor with an alcohol content exceeding 1.2 per cent by volume;
“light goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle, constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods, the permissible maximum weight of which does not exceed 3.5 tonnes;
“motor car” means a mechanically propelled vehicle constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, seating not more than 6 persons in addition to the driver;
“motor cycle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle not being an invalid carriage or motor car having fewer than 4 wheels and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 410 kgs;
“parking bay” means a space which is marked out in a parking place for the leaving of a vehicle;
“pay and display machine” means an apparatus approved by the Department for the purposes of these bye-laws being an apparatus designed to issue a ticket indicating the day and time at which it was issued and the number of hours for which it is valid;
“public service vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 seated passengers in addition to the driver, and used in standing or plying for hire, or used to carry passengers for hire.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/237/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/off-street-parking-bye-laws-northern-ireland-1996/section-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.