The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1989

Regulations 19 and 20

SCHEDULE 5 MINOR ORDERS

PART I MINOR VARIATIONS NOT DESCRIBED IN PARTS II AND III

1.  The postponement for a period of not more than 6 months of the coming into force of any provision of an existing order.

2.  The variation of an order so as to include an exemption in respect of a disabled person’s vehicle of the same kind as mentioned in regulation 4 of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemption for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986(1).

3.  The variation of an order so as to confer on a traffic warden functions similar to those conferred by the order on a police constable.

4.  The variation of an order so as to substitute for a prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which (however described) exceeds a weight expressed in imperial units an identical prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which exceeds the metric equivalent of that weight, expressed in tonnes to the nearest tonne or half tonne.

5.  The variation of an order so as to substitute for a prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which exceeds a specified unladen weight an identical prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles the weight of which exceeds the corresponding maximum gross weight.

6.  The variation of an order so as to substitute a prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles with a maximum gross weight of 17 tonnes for an identical prohibition or restriction on the use of vehicles with a maximum gross weight of 16.5 tonnes.

7.  The variation of an order by substituting for any reference–

(a) to a vehicle adapted to carry 12 passengers or to a vehicle adapted to carry more than 12 passengers, a reference to a vehicle adapted to carry more than 8 passengers;

(b) to a public service vehicle being used under a road service licence, a reference to a public service vehicle used in the provision of a local service.

8.  The variation of a provision–

(a) prohibiting or restricting the waiting of vehicles or the loading and unloading of vehicles, or

(b) authorising the use as a parking place of any part of a road

in so far as such variation is necessary to make the order compatible with any regulations made under section 25 of the 1984 Act.

PART II PARKING, STOPPING, WAITING AND TURNING

9.  The variation of an order where the variation relates solely to an area designated as a parking place under sections 6, 32(1)(b) or 45 of the 1984 Act and does not involve–

(a) a change in any boundary of the area, or

(b) an increase in any excess charge payable under the order.

10.  The variation of an order under section 35(1) of the 1984 Act where the variation does not involve an increase in any excess charge or any sum payable as a result of a person contravening or failing to comply with such an order.

11.  The revocation of a provision designating an area of road as a parking place under sections 6, 32(1)(b) or 45 of the 1984 Act.

12.  The prescription of places where vehicles, or vehicles of any class, may not turn so to face in the opposite direction to that in which they were proceeding.

13.  The imposition of a restriction on or the prohibition of the stopping or waiting of vehicles, or vehicles of any class, in any area of any road, being an area the whole of which lies within 150 feet of any means of entrance to, or egress from, a school.

14.  The imposition of a restriction on or the prohibition of the stopping or waiting of vehicles, or vehicles of any class, in any area of any road, being an area marked or to be marked on the carriageway of the road by a traffic sign for indicating that the area in question is a place where a relevant vehicle may stop to pick up or set down passengers or where hackney carriages may stand.

PART III RIDING OF CYCLES AND MOPEDS ON FOOTBRIDGES, SUBWAYS AND DRIVING IN BOXED AREAS

15.  The prohibition of the riding of cycles or mopeds on a footbridge or in a pedestrian subway or in the approaches to such bridge or subway.

16.  The imposition of a restriction on the driving of vehicles into a boxed area.

17.  The revocation or variation of a provision of an order, being a provision that has no effect other than is as mentioned in paragraph 15 or 16.

PART IV INTERPRETATION

18.  In this Schedule–

“boxed area” means an area of carriageway of a road marked in the manner indicated in diagram 1043 and 1044 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981(2);

“the corresponding maximum gross weight” means the maximum gross weight expressed in metric units specified in Column 2 of the table in Part V of this Schedule opposite the corresponding specified unladen weight;

“cycle” means a pedal cycle which is not a motor vehicle;

“excess charge” in relation to on-street parking has the same meaning as in section 46 of the 1984 Act and in relation to off-street parking means any sum payable as a result of a vehicle remaining parked beyond the period for which payment has been made;

“maximum gross weight” has the same meaning as in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981;

“moped” has the same meaning as in paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(3);

“relevant vehicle” means–

(a)

a public service vehicle being used in the provision of a service which is a local service; or

(b)

a public service vehicle being used to carry passengers for hire or reward at separate fares other than one being used in the provision of a local service;

“specified unladen weight” means one of the weights specified in Column 1 of the table in Part V of this Schedule expressed in imperial units or the metric equivalent to any of those weights;

“unladen weight” has the same meaning in the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

PART V TABLE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 18 IN PART IV

Column 1	Column 2
Specified unladen weight (in tons)	Corresponding maximum gross weight (in tonnes)
2	5
2.5	5
3	7.5
5	17
10	30

(1)

S.I. 1986/178.

(2)

S.I. 1981/859; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1078; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.