Traffic regulationE+W+S
23.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article the promoter may, for the purposes and during the construction of the authorised works and with the consent of the traffic authority in whose area the relevant street is situated (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)—
(a)prohibit or restrict the parking, stopping, waiting or the loading or unloading of vehicles, at any time, in the relevant streets;
(b)suspend temporarily the use of any parking place within a relevant street; and
(c)revoke any traffic regulation order in so far as it is inconsistent with any prohibition or restriction made by the promoter under this paragraph.
(2) The promoter must consult the chief officer of police and the traffic authority in whose area the street is situated before complying with the provisions of paragraph (3).
(3) The promoter must not exercise the powers of this article unless it has—
(a)given not less than 6 weeks’ notice in writing of its intention to do so to the chief officer of police and the traffic authority in whose area the relevant streets are situated; and
(b)not less than 7 days before exercising any power under this article, given notice of the intention to exercise the powers conferred by this article by publishing a notice in a local newspaper circulating in the area.
(4) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the promoter under sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) has effect as if duly made by the traffic authority in whose area the street is situated as a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act and the instrument by which it is effected may specify savings to which the prohibition, restriction or other provision is subject.
(5) Any prohibition or restriction made by the promoter under paragraph (1) does not apply to any vehicle of a statutory utility for so long as it is engaged in connection with the laying, erection, alteration, repair or inspection of any apparatus of that utility.
(6) In this article—
“the relevant streets” means London Street, Winsland Street, Praed Street and Winsland Mews in the City of Westminster;
“public communications provider” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003(1);
“statutory utility” means a statutory undertaker for the purposes of the 1980 Act or a public communications provider; and
“traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the 1984 Act.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 23 in force at 11.3.2014, see art. 1