# The Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, Article 26: Acquisition and inspection, etc., of apparatus

Extent: N.I.

(1) The parking authority may acquire, whether by purchase or hiring, such apparatus as appears to the parking authority to be required for the purposes of its functions under this Part.
(2) The parking authority may erect, maintain and operate any such apparatus—
(a) in any off-street parking place provided under Article 10 or 11 or adjacent to such a parking place; or
(b) in any parking place authorised under Article 10(4) or designated under Article 15 or in, on or near any road adjacent to such a parking place.
(3) The parking authority shall make periodical inspections and tests of apparatus provided by it and in use and shall deal with any found to be out of order.
(4) In this Article “apparatus” includes a parking meter and any device.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/276/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-26
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