The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Amendment Order 2002

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 188

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Amendment Order 2002

Made

16th April 2002

Laid before Parliament

17th April 2002

Coming into force

17th May 2002

The Scottish Ministers, having received an application from the City of Edinburgh Council under paragraphs 1(1)(d) and 2(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991(1) and having consulted the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police in accordance with paragraphs 1(3) and 2(3) of that Schedule, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the said Act and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 17th May 2002.

Amendment to the 1998 Order

2.  Paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Order 1998(2) shall be omitted and there shall be substituted:

“In subsection (2)–

(a) the words “For the purposes of this Part of this Act”; and

(b) paragraphs (a)(i), (b) and (c) shall be omitted.”

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House Edinburgh

16th April 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Order 1998 by making a further modification to the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1991. The effect of the modification is to make further provision with regard to when a penalty charge is payable.

(1)

1991 c. 40; paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 3 were amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 171. The functions of the Secretary of State under that Schedule were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.I. 1998/1539.