The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/1759
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991.

Section 2 Road Traffic

The Secretary of State may by order prohibit, restrict or regulate in any area the use of vehicles or any class of vehicles on highways or the use by vehicles or any class of vehicles of roads or classes of roads specified in the order, either generally or in such circumstances as may be so specified.

Section 3 Railways

The Secretary of State, or any officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of assistant chief constable, may direct any person having the management of a railway to secure that any train specified in the direction or trains of any class so specified shall stop, or shall not stop, at a station or other place so specified.

Section 4 Funerals

Where it appears to an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of chief inspector that a funeral may–

(a) occasion a breach of the peace or serious public disorder, or

(b) cause undue demands to be made on Her Majesty’s forces or the police,

he may, where it appears to him to be necessary for the preservation of public order, give directions requiring persons taking part in a funeral to travel in vehicles.

Section 5 Revocation

The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1978 are hereby revoked.