The GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Bexley) Designation Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 1258

LONDON GOVERNMENT

ROAD TRAFFIC

The GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Bexley) Designation Order 2000

Made

8th May 2000

Laid before Parliament

15th May 2000

Coming into force

19th June 2000

Whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions considers it appropriate for certain roads in the London borough of Bexley to be GLA side roads in the interests of the management of traffic and the control of the waiting and loading of vehicles on or in the immediate vicinity of GLA roads:

Now therefore the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Bexley) Designation Order 2000 and shall come into force on 19th June 2000.

Designation of GLA side roads

2.—(1) The roads in the London borough of Bexley specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as GLA side roads(2).

(2) The description of a road includes the intersection of that road and any other road that crosses it at the same level.

(3) In the Schedule “m” means metres.

(4) In accordance with section 124A(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, 3rd July 2000 is hereby specified as the date on which the designated roads are to become GLA side roads.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

8th May 2000

Article 2

THE SCHEDULE ROADS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY DESIGNATED AS GLA SIDE ROADS

Roads in the vicinity of A20

1.  County Gate between its junction with Sidcup Road (A20) and a point opposite the south west flank wall of 27 County Gate.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 272 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 inserts a new section 124A into the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 whereby the Secretary of State may designate roads or proposed roads which are to be GLA side roads, for which Transport for London will be the traffic authority. This Order designates the roads in the London Borough of Bexley specified in the Schedule as GLA side roads with effect from 3rd July 2000.

(1)

1984 c. 27; section 124A was inserted by section 272 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).

(2)

For the definition of GLA side road, see the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 sections 124A(9) and 142 (amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 section 292(3)).