Irish Language Road Signs Bill 2019

A BILL TO

Provide for bilingual road signage on northern Irish highways.

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

Section 1: Repeals

(1) The Road Signs An Gaelige Act 2018 is repealed in its entirety.

Section 2: Signage

(1) Road signs that are

(a) maintained by Transport NI, and

(b) are intended for the purpose of navigation to an inhabited place,

are required to contain place names in both the Irish and English languages.

(2) 2(1) only applies to signs erected after this Act comes into effect.

Section 3: Extent, commencement, and short title

(1) This Act extends to all of Northern Ireland.

(2) This Act comes into effect two weeks after Royal Assent.

(3) This Act may be cited as the “Irish Language Road Signs Act 2019”.

This Bill was written and submitted by u/KernowRydh on behalf of Gluaiseacht an Phobail.

This vote will end on the 9th of July 2019.

AMENDMENTS

A01 Submitted by /u/Trevism

After 2 (2), insert:

Section 3: Requirement of planning and costing:

(1) The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure must produce a report within twelve months of this bill coming into effect.

(2) This report must contain:

(a) details of road signs that must be converted into dual language signs,

(b) a timeframe in which road signs will be converted into dual language signs, on a county-by-county basis,

(c) worked-out costings for the introduction of dual language signs across Northern Ireland.

A01a Submitted by /u/_paul_rand_

(If A01 passes)

Omit Section 4(2)

and insert:

(2)Section 3 of this act will commence immediately upon royal assent

(3)The remainder of this act will commence upon a resolution of the Northern Irish Assembly approving the costings presented under section 3(1)

A01a.1 Submitted by /u/KernowRydh

(1) Replace A01A with the following--

If A01 passes,

(1) Replace 4(2) with "(2) Section 3 of this Act will come into effect immediately after Royal Assent.

(a) The remainder of this Act will come into effect after--

(i) the relevant Department fulfils their obligation under Section 3, and

(ii) the Northern Ireland Assembly approves the costings presented under Section 3."

(2) If A02 passes, in this amendment replace "4(2)" with "5(2)".

A02 Submitted by /u/Trevism

After 3(2)(c) (as outlined in A01), insert:

Section 4: Interpretations

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "Transport NI" refers to the executive agency of the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure in charge of highway and road maintenance, as well as any other transport-centric bodies within the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, "dual language signs" refer to signs on which Irish and English translations are both provided.

A03 Submitted by /u/Trevism

Renumber Section 3 (as outlined in the original bill) accordingly.

Voting

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Bill: Aye/No/Abstain

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This vote will end on the 9th of July.