Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1957
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Southwark) Permit Scheme Order 2011
Made
2nd August 2011
Coming into force
5th September 2011
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme under section 34(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004(1) makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(4) and (5) and 39(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (London Borough of Southwark) Permit Scheme Order 2011 and comes into force on 5th September 2011.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “London Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by the London Borough of Southwark and has been approved by the Secretary of State; and
“specified streets” has the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007(2).
Commencement of Permit Scheme
3. The London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme comes into effect on 5th September 2011.
Application of Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007
4. Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 shall apply to the specified streets within the London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
2nd August 2011
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme.
The London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Southwark by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from the London Borough of Southwark before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 5th September 2011. The permit scheme referred to in this article is set out in the Schedule to the Order.
Article 4 applies Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (which makes provision for the disapplication and modification of enactments in relation to specified works in specified streets) to the specified works and specified streets within the London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme.
A copy of the London Borough of Southwark Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of the London Borough of Southwark, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 5LX and is available to inspect on the Borough’s website www.southwark.gov.uk.