The Home Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Regulations 6(a) & (b), 9(3) & 14(c)

SCHEDULE 1 PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN PRESS NOTICES

PART I PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF PROPOSALS

1.  The name of the authority.

2.  A description of the designated road.

3.  A statement of the general nature and effect of the designation.

4.  Where the designation relates to an off-street parking place, a brief description of that place and of its location.

5.  Each address at which a copy of the designation, as drafted, a copy of the relevant map, and a copy of the authority’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the designation can be inspected, and the times when inspection can take place at each such address.

6.  The date of the end of the objection period calculated in accordance with regulation 7(3), the address at which objections to the designation can be lodged, and a statement that all objections must be made in writing and must specify the grounds thereof.

PART II PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT PERSON

1.  The name of the authority.

2.  A description of the designated road.

3.  A statement which refers to the published notice of proposals for the designation and which indicates that a public hearing will be held in connection with the designation.

4.  A brief statement of the general nature and effect of the designation and of the name or other brief description of any road or other place to which the designation will apply.

5.  The date, time and place of the hearing and the name of the person appointed to hold the hearing.

6.  Each address at which a copy of the designation, as drafted, a copy of the relevant map, and a copy of the authority’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the designation can be inspected, and the time when inspection can take place at each such address.

PART III PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF MAKING THE DESIGNATION

1.  The name of the authority.

2.  A description of the designated road.

3.  The date of the making of the designation and its operative date or dates.

4.  The issue number, if any, and date of issue of the newspaper or if applicable of the Edinburgh Gazette containing the relevant notice of proposals previously published pursuant to regulation 6.

5.  Each address at which a copy of the designation, as made, and a copy of the relevant map can be inspected, and the times when inspection can take place at each such address.

Regulation 6(c)(ii)

SCHEDULE 2 REQUIREMENTS AS TO NOTICES TO BE DISPLAYED IN A ROAD OR OTHER PLACE

PART I PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE

1.  The name of the authority.

2.  A description of the designated road.

3.  A statement of the effect of the designation in relation to the road or other place where it is displayed including details of its purpose design and facilities.

4.  An address at which a copy of the designation, a copy of the relevant map and a copy of the authority’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the designation can be inspected, and the times when such inspection can take place.

5.  Where the notice is a notice of proposals, the address to which, and the date on or before which objections to the designation can be made, such date being the date of the end of the objection period mentioned in regulation 7(3), and a statement that all objections must be made in writing and must specify the grounds thereof.

6.  Where the notice announces the holding of a public hearing by an independent person, the date, time and place of the hearing and the name of the person appointed to hold the hearing.

PART II OTHER REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE DISPLAY OF THE NOTICE

1.  Where the designation relates to any road, the notice shall be displayed in a prominent position at or near each end of the road and in such other positions as the authority think requisite for securing that adequate information about the subject matter of the notice is given to persons using the road.

2.  The notice shall first be displayed as aforesaid at the same time as the corresponding notice is first published in the local newspaper and the authority shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that it remains in a legible condition and continues to be so displayed—

(a) in the case of a notice of proposals, until the end of the objection period;

(b) in the case of a notice announcing the holding of a public hearing before an independent person, until the date on which the hearing begins.

Regulations 6(d) & 14(e)

SCHEDULE 3 REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS FOR INSPECTION

1.  There shall be available for inspection at the authority’s offices and a local library during normal office hours, and (if the authority think fit) at such other places within the authority’s area and during such times respectively at those places as the authority may determine, the following documents:—

(a) a copy of the designation as drafted or made, as the case may be;

(b) a copy of the relevant map;

(c) in the case of a designation which varies or revokes a previous designation, a copy of that designation and of its relevant map;

(d) in the case of a proposed designation, a copy of a statement setting out the authority’s reasons for proposing to make the designation; and

(e) in the case of a designation made after the holding of a hearing, a copy of the report and the recommendations (if any) of the reporter.

2.  The said documents shall be made available as aforesaid not later than the date of the first publication in the local newspaper of the notice in connection with which they are required to be made available, and they shall continue to be so available—

(a) where the notice is a notice of proposals, until the end of the objection period;

(b) where the notice is one announcing the holding of a hearing, until the date on which the hearing begins; and

(c) where the notice is a notice of making the designation, until the end of 6 weeks from the date on which the designation is made.

Regulation 13

SCHEDULE 4 REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE MAP

1.—(1) The map shall clearly indicate by distinctive colours, symbols or markings—

(a) each road to which the designation relates; and

(b) in a case where any provision of the designation prohibits the use of a road by all vehicles, or by all vehicles of a particular class, the alternative route available for the vehicles to be which the provision applies.

(2) Where the relevant map is neither specifically referred to in the text of the designation nor made a part of the designation, the map shall be for the purposes of illustration only and the matter indicated on it shall not prevail over the actual text of the designation in the event of any discrepancy between the map and the text.