Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 GOVERNORS SPRINT (DOUGLAS) ORDER 2014

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1 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 Index GOVERNORS SPRINT (DOUGLAS) ORDER 2014 Index Artile Page 1 Title Commenement Interpretation Authorisation for use of rae area for motor raes Suspension of right of way et Regulation of traffi on side roads Exemptions from artiles 5 and Temporary opening of the rae area Restrited areas Prohibited areas Publiity for anellation et Notifiation of end of losure Eretion of barriers and signage Insurane... 7 SCHEDULE 1 9 RACE AREA 9 SCHEDULE 2 9 PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED AREAS 9 SD No.2014/0066 Page 1

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3 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 Artile 1 Statutory Doument No. 2014/0066 Road Raes At 1982 GOVERNORS SPRINT (DOUGLAS) ORDER 2014 Made: 14 Marh 2014 Coming into Operation: 24 April 2014 The Department of Infrastruture makes the following Order under setions 1 and 2 of the Road Raes At Title This Order is the Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order Commenement This Order omes into operation on 24 April Interpretation In this Order Clerk of the Course inludes, in the absene of the Clerk of the Course, any Deputy Clerk of the Course appointed by the promoter; losure period means any period during whih an authorisation under artile 4 is in fore in relation to the rae area or any part of the rae area; pedestrian inludes wheelhair users and any persons using another mobility aid other than a biyle or motor vehile; prohibited area means the areas listed in Shedule 2 that are not restrited areas; promoter means Manx Motor Raing Club Limited; rae area means the roads and property areas speified in Shedule 1; restrited area means the areas listed in Shedule 2 that are indiated as being restrited; senior polie offier means a member of the Isle of Man Constabulary (a) (b) of the rank of sergeant or above; and authorised by the Chief Constable to at as senior polie offier for the purposes of this Order; SD No.2014/0066 Page 3

4 Artile 4 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 side road means any part of a road that leads onto a rae area; and signage inludes any barrier, tape, sign, markings or struture whih indiate restrited aess to a rae area, a side road, or a prohibited or restrited area. 4 Authorisation for use of rae area for motor raes (1) The promoter is authorised to use suh parts of the roads listed in olumn 1 of the table in Shedule 1 for motor raes on the days and times speified in olumn 2 of that table. (2) The Clerk of the Course may for any reason, anel, suspend or annul suh a rae, or any part of a rae. (3) The Clerk of the Course must suspend any raing if required to do so by the Department. (4) If the Clerk of the Course anels, suspends or annuls a rae or part of a rae under paragraph (2) or (3) he or she must notify the senior polie offier. (5) Any motor vehile, whilst travelling on losed roads, must not exeed a speed of 90mph exept for ompeting vehiles and emergeny servie vehiles. 5 Suspension of right of way et. Subjet to artiles 7 and 8, during any losure period in relation to any part of the rae area, the right of way over it is suspended and aordingly, no traffi may enter or remain on it. 6 Regulation of traffi on side roads Subjet to artiles 7 and 8, during the losure period, a person must not enter or remain, or ause or permit any vehile or animal to enter or remain on a side road that is marked with signage without the permission of a onstable or marshal. 7 Exemptions from artiles 5 and 6 (1) Artiles 5 and 6 do not apply to the following persons (a) (b) () the Clerk of the Course; persons appointed by the promoter as offiials for the purpose of the rae in question and bearing an offiial badge, armlet or tabard issued by the Clerk of the Course; persons approved by the Clerk of the Course; (d) onstables, fire offiers and medial persons, highway maintenane and reovery persons; Page 4 SD No.2014/0066

5 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 Artile 8 (e) (f) persons lawfully taking part in the rae in question and any person authorised by the promoter to assist those persons; and media representatives and photographers approved by the promoter and bearing an offiial badge, armlet or tabard issued by the promoter. (2) Artiles 5 and 6 do not apply to the ompeting vehiles and any vehile approved by the Clerk of the Course. 8 Temporary opening of the rae area (1) This artile has effet despite anything in artiles 4 to 6. (2) If any rae is temporarily postponed or suspended during a losure period, the senior polie offier may, with the onsent of the Clerk of the Course, authorise traffi, in aordane with the diretions of a onstable or marshal, to ross or proeed along suh part of the rae area, and at suh times, as that offier may speify. (3) In any interval during the times speified for raing, the senior polie offier may, with the onsent of the Clerk of the Course, authorise pedestrians, in aordane with the diretions of a onstable or marshal to ross or proeed along the rae area at suh plaes, and at suh times, as that offier may speify. (4) Nothing in paragraph (2) permits traffi to proeed in the reverse diretion of the rae, exept with the express authorisation of the Clerk of the Course. (5) No person must, during a losure period, drive any vehile or ause or permit any vehile to be driven on any part of the rae area, whih is the subjet of any authorisation under paragraph (2) or (3), otherwise than pursuant to that authorisation and in aordane with the diretions of a onstable or marshal. 9 Restrited areas (1) During a losure period, no person or vehile may enter or remain on a restrited area. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to (a) (b) rae offiials, marshals or polie offiers in the ourse of their duty; or photographers, television rew or other persons or vehiles approved by the Clerk of the Course. (3) The extent of the restrited area must be learly marked and indiated by signs bearing the words Restrited Area. SD No.2014/0066 Page 5

6 Artile 10 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order Prohibited areas (1) No person or vehile may, during a losure period, enter or remain on a prohibited area, exept to go to the aid of a person or to prevent further danger or risk to the ompetitors or any other person. (2) The extent of the prohibited area must be learly marked and indiated by signs bearing the words Prohibited Area. 11 Publiity for anellation et If the senior polie offier is notified of the anellation of the rae or a part of the rae under artile 4(4), he or she must take suh measures (if any) as he or she onsiders appropriate to inform the publi of the effet of it. 12 Notifiation of end of losure (1) At the end of eah losure for whih an authorisation under artile 4 is in fore (a) (b) the Clerk of the Course; or senior polie offier, after onsulting the Clerk of the Course, must arrange for one or more motor vehiles, marked in aordane with paragraph (2), to travel the rae area. (2) As respets any part of the rae area, a losure period will be treated as ompleted for the purposes of this Order when an offiial motor vehile, displaying in a prominent position, a notie with the words Roads Open has passed along that part of the rae area. (3) Any offiial motor vehile referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above, displaying the words Roads Open must not exeed a speed of 90 mph whilst driving on losed roads. 13 Eretion of barriers and signage (1) The Clerk of the Course must ensure that barriers, diversion signs and losure signs are ereted and maintained on all side roads immediately before, or as soon as possible after, the beginning of every losure period, and in any event before the relevant part of the rae area is used for a rae. (2) The Clerk of the Course must ensure that all signs required by paragraph (1) are plainly visible to approahing traffi. (3) The Clerk of the Course must ensure that all prohibited and restrited areas are adequately marked and delineated. (4) The barriers and signage referred to in paragraph (1) must onsist of (a) strutures and signage approved by the Department; or Page 6 SD No.2014/0066

7 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 Artile 14 (b) if the Department so direts for any partiular loation, a banner stating Road Closed in red letters on a white bakground, and suspended from a tape, rope or struture. (5) The losure signs referred to in paragraph (1) must be of the size, olour and type shown in diagram (warning, informatory and regulatory) in shedule 12 of the Traffi Signs Regulations and General Diretions (6) The Clerk of the Course must ensure that the barriers, diversion signs and losure signs referred to in paragraph (1) are removed at the end of every losure period. 14 Insurane The promoter must seure insuranes and indemnities against death, injury or damage to persons or damage to property arising out of the ondut of the raes or arrangements inidental to them of at least thirty million pounds ( 30,000,000). Signed by authority of the Minister for Infrastruture MADE 14 MARCH 2014 N FOSTER Ating Diretor of Highways SD No.2014/0066 Page 7

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9 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 RACE AREA (Artile 4(1)) The rae area inludes all footways and roadside grass verges exept where speifially exluded; all areas inside or on bus shelters; all areas in front of any road losing barrier or rope and any roadside gateway, lay-by or parking area. COLUMN 1 ROADS The following roads in the Borough of Douglas and Village Distrit of Onhan That length of Glenruthery Road from 40 metres south of the southerly juntion of the entrane to Douglas Borough Cemetery to its juntion with Governor s Bridge Governor s Bridge, between its juntion with Governor s Road and Glenruthery Road but exluding the new footway behind the stone wall. The Dip. Bemahague Road from Governor s Bridge to the juntion with West Drive (inluding the old road and new road and the area between the old and new roads outside Government House) but exluding (i) the verge and footway adjaent to the new road, from the point at whih the grass verge begins on the east side of the new road to the juntion with South Drive of Government House; (ii) the highway verge between South Drive and Governor s Road, as marked by barriers. COLUMN 2 DATE AND TIME noon pm 6.00 pm 9.30 pm Thursday 24 April noon pm 6.00 pm 9.30 pm Thursday 24 April noon pm 6.00 pm 9.30 pm Thursday 24 April noon pm 6.00 pm 9.30 pm Thursday 24 April 2014 SCHEDULE 2 PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED AREAS (Artiles 9 and 10) (1) PLAYING FIELDS, GLENCRUTCHERY ROAD, DOUGLAS (Vagabonds Rugby and St George s Football pithes) Restrited RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RACE AREA The area from the rear edge of the pavement to the bottom of the bank, running the entire SD No.2014/0066 Page 9

10 SCHEDULE 2 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 length from Dukes Avenue up to the boundary of Oakleigh House, Glenruthery Road, Douglas. (2) GOVERNOR S DIP Prohibited RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RACE AREA The area of land within the walled triangle at The Dip enlosed by the road on 3 sides. (3) GOVERNOR S BRIDGE to the NOOK Restrited RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RACE AREA Land between old and new roads Governor s Bridge and Bemahague Road, Onhan. Page 10 SD No.2014/0066

11 Governors Sprint (Douglas) Order 2014 Explanatory Note EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order effets the temporary losure of setions of Glenruthery Road inluding The Dip, Governor s Bridge and Bemahague Road, in the Borough of Douglas and Village Distrit of Onhan to enable the Governor s Sprint (Douglas) to take plae. SD No.2014/0066 Page 11