The Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 419

ROADS AND BRIDGES

The Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002

Made

9th September 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

10th September 2002

Coming into force

1st October 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 38(1), 39B and 143(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 38(2) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002.

Amendment of the 1994 Regulations

2.—(1) After regulation 7(1)(b) of the Roads (Traffic Calming) (Scotland) Regulations 1994(2) there shall be inserted–

• “; or

  (c)

  constructed on a road which is designated as a home zone”.

(2) After regulation 7(2) there shall be inserted–

“(3) In this regulation a “home zone” means any road designated as a home zone by virtue of section 74(1) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001(3).”.

Amendment of the 1998 Regulations

3.—(1) In regulation 7(1) of the Road Humps (Scotland) Regulations 1998(4) after “zone” there shall be inserted “or on a road that is designated as a home zone”.

(2) After regulation 7(2) there shall be inserted–

“(3) In this regulation a “home zone” means any road designated as a home zone by virtue of section 74(1) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.”.

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th September 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend–

(a) the Roads (Traffic Calming) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (“the 1994 Regulations”) which prescribe the traffic calming works which a roads authority may construct in a road maintained by them; and

(b) the Road Humps (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) which make provision as to the construction and maintenance of road humps.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 7 of the 1994 Regulations so that the signing provisions relating to the warning of the presence of traffic calming works do not apply to traffic calming works on a road designated as a home zone.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 7 of the 1998 Regulations so that the signing and lighting provisions and certain provisions relating to the placing of road humps do not apply to a road hump on a road designated as a home zone.

(1)

1984 c. 54; section 39B was inserted by the Traffic Calming Act 1992 (c. 30), Schedule 2. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.I. 1994/2488 as amended by the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999/1000.

(3)

2001 asp 2.

(4)

S.I. 1998/1448 as amended by the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999/1000.