The Bus Lanes (Approved Devices) (Scotland) Order 2011

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Bus Lanes (Approved Devices) (Scotland) Order 2011 and comes into force on 6th February 2012.

(2) In this Order, “the scheduled requirements” means the requirements set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Approved devices

2.—(1) A device is an approved device for the purposes of section 44 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions) if it meets the scheduled requirements and it is of a type which has been certified by the Scottish Ministers as one which meets those requirements.

(2) The Scottish Ministers must take a type of device as meeting the scheduled requirements if there has been produced to them evidence which satisfies them that it has been found by a competent authority in an EEA State or Turkey to be one which meets the requirements of an EEA standard which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by the scheduled requirements.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a) “EEA standard” means—

(i) a relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State or Turkey(1);

(ii) any relevant international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State or Turkey; or

(iii) a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State or Turkey; and

(b) “EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

KEITH BROWN

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th December 2011