The A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Prohibition of U-Turns) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 980

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Prohibition of U-Turns) Order 2000

Made

31st March 2000

Coming into force

10th April 2000

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after consultation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis pursuant to section 7(6) of that Act(2), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Prohibition of U-Turns) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.

2.  In this Order–

“Bath Road” means that length of the A4 trunk road in the London Borough of Hillingdon known as Bath Road;

“central reserve” means that part of Bath Road which separates its two carriageways for the safety and guidance of vehicular traffic using that road; and

“Sipson Way” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

3.  No person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in Bath Road to make a “U” turn through the gaps in the central reservation at the junction with Sipson Way so as to proceed in the opposite direction.

4.  Nothing in this Order shall apply to any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes and anything done at the direction of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Paul Harwood

A Grade 7 Officer, Highways Agency, London Office

31st March 2000

(1)

1984 c. 27; section 6(1) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168 and Schedule 8, paragraph 21(2).

(2)

Section 7(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).