The Quiet Lanes and Home Zones (England) Regulations 2006

Regulations 5 and 11

SCHEDULE 1 NOTICES

PART 1 PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN NOTICES OF PROPOSALS FOR DESIGNATIONS

1.  The name of the authority.

2.  The name of the road to be designated.

3.  A brief statement of the general nature and effect of the designation and a description of the length of road to which it relates.

4.  The addresses at which copies of the draft designation, the relevant map and 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 6(1), and a statement that all objections must be made in writing and must specify the grounds thereof.

PART 2 PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN NOTICES OF PROPOSALS FOR USE ORDERS AND SPEED ORDERS

1.  The name of the authority.

2.  A description of the designated road, or the road proposed to be designated if no designation has yet been made, to which the use order or speed order relates.

3.  A brief statement of the general nature and effect of the use order or speed order in relation to the road or other place where it is displayed, a description of the length to which it relates and, in the case of a use order which relates to part of the width of the road, a description of that part.

4.  Addresses at which copies of the draft use order or speed order, the relevant map and the authority’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the order may be inspected, and the times when such inspection may 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 making of the order can be made, such date being the date of the end of the objection period mentioned in regulation 12(1), and a statement that all objections must be made in writing and must specify the grounds thereof.

PART 3 DISPLAY OF NOTICES

1.  The notice shall be displayed in a prominent position at or near each end of the length of road to which the designation, use order or speed order relates and in such other positions as the authority consider necessary to ensure that adequate information about the subject matter of the notice is given to persons using the road.

2.  The notice shall first be displayed 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 until the end of the objection period.

Regulations 5, 11 and 15

SCHEDULE 2 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) in the case of a proposed designation or a designation, a copy of the designation as drafted or made, as the case may be;

(b) in the case of a proposed use order or speed order or a use order or speed order, a copy of the use order or speed order, as drafted or made, as the case may be;

(c) in all cases, a copy of the relevant map;

(d) in the case of a designation, use order or speed order, as proposed or made as the case may be, which varies or revokes a previous designation, use order or speed order, a copy of that designation, use order or speed order and of its relevant map;

(e) in the case of a proposed designation, use order or speed order, or a proposed variation or revocation of a previous designation, use order or speed order, a copy of a statement setting out the authority’s reasons for its proposal.

2.  The documents shall be made available 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 of the matter is a notice of proposals, until the end of the objection period; and

(b) where the notice of the matter is a notice of making the designation or use order or speed order, until the end of 6 weeks from the date on which the designation or user order or speed order is made.

Regulation 17

SCHEDULE 3 REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE MAP

1.  The map shall clearly indicate by distinctive colours, symbols or markings each road to which the designation use order or speed order relates.

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