The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) and Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (No. 4) Order 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order designates part of the area of the Darlington Borough Council as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and as a special enforcement area for the purposes of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

The order designates part of the area of the council of the City of Westminster as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions within paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Traffic Management Act 2004 (contraventions other than those relating to parking places) and as a special enforcement area.

The order revokes the following orders—

• the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (City of Westminster) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1504); and

• the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (City of Westminster) (Amendment) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2284).

The order amends the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2755, “the 2005 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. By amending the 2005 order, this order specifies the Darlington Borough Council, The North East Lincolnshire Borough Council and The West Berkshire District Council as approved local authorities for the purposes of that section 144.

An impact assessment has not been produced as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.