New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

Extent Information

E1 Sch. 8 extends to England and Wales and to Scotland or Northern Ireland also if amended enactment so extends see s. 169

Part II E+W+S Amendments of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Parking places E+W+S

44 (1) Section 45 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (designation of paying parking places on highways) is amended as follows. E+W+S

(2) For subsection (1) (power to make orders) substitute—

“(1) A local authority may by order designate parking places on highways or, in Scotland, roads in their area for vehicles or vehicles of any class specified in the order; and the authority may make charges (of such amount as may be prescribed under section 46 below) for vehicles left in a parking place so designated.

The exercise of this power by a local authority outside Greater London in relation to a highway or road for which they are not the traffic authority is subject to obtaining the consent of the traffic authority.”.

(3) In subsection (3)(c) (matters to be taken into account in making orders), for the words from “parking accommodation” to “highways” or, in Scotland, “roads” substitute “ off-street parking accommodation, whether in the open or under cover, ”.

(4) In subsection (7) (meaning of “local authority”), in paragraph (c) for “local roads authority” substitute “ regional or islands council ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 44 wholly in force; Sch. 8 para. 44 in force (S.) at 01.11.1991 see s. 170(1) and S.I. 1991/2286 art. 2(2), Sch. 2; Sch. 8 para. 44 in force (E.W.) at 01.11.1991 see s. 170(1) and S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.