Prospective
4.—(1) For each road tunnel in England, Scotland or Wales, the national authority for the jurisdiction in which the road tunnel is situated, shall designate a traffic authority as the administrative authority.
(2) The Department for Regional Development(1) is the administrative authority for each road tunnel in Northern Ireland.
(3) Where a road tunnel is situated in more than one jurisdiction, the national authorities for those jurisdictions shall jointly appoint a traffic authority as the administrative authority for that road tunnel.
(4) A designation made under paragraph (1) or (3)—
(a)shall be in writing;
(b)may provide that it is to remain in force (unless it is withdrawn or otherwise ceases to have effect) for a specified period; and
(c)shall be made—
(i)in relation to a road tunnel that is at the design stage, construction stage or in the operation stage at the time these Regulations come into force, as soon as is practicable after that time; and
(ii)in any other case, at the beginning of the design stage.
(5) In this regulation—
(a)“national authority” means in relation to—
(i)England, the Secretary of State,
(ii)Wales, the National Assembly for Wales, and
(iii)Scotland, the Scottish Ministers; and
(b)“traffic authority” in relation to England, Wales and Scotland has the meaning given by section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 22.6.2007, see reg. 1
Established by article 3(1) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1).