The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Amendments of regulation 5 (consultation)

5.  In regulation 5, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) Before making an order, the order making authority shall—

(a) where they are not the traffic authority for any road to which the order relates, consult the traffic authority for that road;

(b) where they are not the highway authority for any highway to which the order relates, (if they are not required to consult the same authority under sub-paragraph (a)) consult the highway authority for that road;

(c) where the order would be likely to have a direct effect on traffic or any class of traffic on any road for which another authority is the traffic authority and which is not a road to which the order relates, consult the traffic authority for that road;

(d) where the order would be likely to have a direct effect on traffic or any class of traffic on a highway for which another authority is the highway authority and which is not a highway to which the order relates (if they are not required to consult the same authority under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph) consult the highway authority for that highway;

(e) where it appears to them that the order would be likely to affect the operation of any tramcar or trolley vehicle, consult the operator of that vehicle;

(f) where the order would be likely to have a direct effect on traffic or any class of traffic on—

(i) a road which is subject to a concession, or

(ii) a road in respect of which an assignation has been granted under section 28(1) of the 1991 Act,

consult the concessionaire;

(g) where the order relates to a Crown road, consult the appropriate Crown authority for that road;

(h) in all cases, consult such representative organisations (if any) as appear to the order making authority to be appropriate;

and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (h), a representative organisation is an organisation representing persons who use any road to which the order relates or are likely to be affected by any provisions of the order.”