Statutory Instruments
local government, england
road traffic, england
Made
26th February 2007
Laid before Parliament
28th February 2007
Coming into force
27th March 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144(3)(b) and (14) of the Transport Act 2000(1), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 27th March 2007.
2. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is specified as an approved local authority for the purposes of section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions)(2).
3.—(1) The Schedule to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005(3) shall be amended as set out in paragraph (2).
(2) After the row in the table relating to Swindon Borough Council there shall be inserted the following row—
| “Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | S.I. 2007/547” |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
G. Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
26th February 2007
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2757), made under section 144 of the Transport Act 2000, provide for the enforcement of bus lane restrictions through the imposition, by approved local authorities, of penalty charges in respect of contraventions of such restrictions. This Order specifies Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (“Tameside”) as an approved local authority for these purposes.
The Order also makes a consequential amendment to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005 to add Tameside to the list of approved local authorities set out in the Schedule to that Order.
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been undertaken, since the Order is concerned with the enforcement of existing traffic restrictions and prohibitions and does not therefore constitute an additional burden on business. The costs incurred by local authorities undertaking enforcement are expected to be paid from the penalty charge income.
2000 c.38. See the definition “relevant national authority” in section 144(14).
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Tameside) Order 2007 (S.I. S.I.2007/547) designates part of the metropolitan borough of Tameside as a permitted and special parking area under paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40).
S.I. 2005/2755, to which there are no amendments relevant to this Order.