PART 7Workplace parking
Making and modifying schemes
I172Power to make and modify schemes
1
A local authority may (in accordance with this Part)—
a
make a workplace parking licensing scheme for all or part of its area,
b
amend or revoke a workplace parking licensing scheme made by it.
2
A workplace parking licensing scheme may be made only if—
a
the local authority proposing to make the scheme has a local transport strategy, and
b
it appears to the authority that the scheme will (directly or indirectly) facilitate the achievement of policies in its strategy.
3
Two or more local authorities may act jointly to make a workplace parking licensing scheme.
4
In those circumstances—
a
they must continue to act jointly in relation to the scheme in all respects, and
b
unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in this Part to—
i
a local authority, in relation to a workplace parking licensing scheme or to a proposed scheme, is a reference to the authorities acting jointly,
ii
the area of a local authority is a reference to the combined areas of those authorities, and
iii
the local transport strategy of a local authority is a reference to the local transport strategy of each local authority.