Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 3311
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (Coventry City Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014
Made
8th December 2014
Coming into force
16th March 2015
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Coventry City Council Permit Scheme under section 34(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004(1) makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(4) and (5) and 39(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (Coventry City Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014 and comes into force on 16th March 2015.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Coventry City Council Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “West and Shires Permit (WaSP) Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Coventry City Council and has been approved by the Secretary of State; and
“specified streets” has the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007(2).
Commencement of Permit Scheme
3. The Coventry City Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 16th March 2015.
Application of Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007
4. Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 shall apply to the specified streets within the Coventry City Council Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
8th December 2014
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Coventry City Council Permit Scheme.
The Coventry City Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Coventry by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from Coventry City Council before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 16th March 2015. The permit scheme referred to in this article is set out in the Schedule to the Order.
Article 4 applies Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (which makes provision for the disapplication and modification of enactments in relation to specified works in specified streets) to the specified works and specified streets within the Coventry City Council Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Coventry City Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at Place Directorate, Coventry City Council, Civic Centre 4, Floor 8, Much Park Street, Coventry. CV1 2PY and is available to inspect on the Council’s website www.coventry.gov.uk