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Status:This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).Part 1Traffic OfficersTraffic officers for England and for Wales1Traffic officers: introduction(1)This Part makes provision for the designation of individuals as traffic officers by, or under an authorisation given by, the Secretary of State or the Assembly.
Part 3Permit Schemes32Meaning of “permit scheme”(1)Any reference in this Part to a permit scheme is a reference to a scheme which is designed to control the carrying out of specified works in specified streets in a specified area.
33Preparation of permit schemes(1)A local highway authority, or two or more such authorities acting together, may prepare and submit to the appropriate national authority a permit scheme.
34Implementation of local highway authority permit schemes(1)This section applies where a permit scheme is prepared and submitted to the appropriate national authority (“the authority”) in accordance with section 33(1) or (2).
35Implementation of other permit schemes(1)This section applies where a permit scheme is prepared in accordance with section 33(3) or (4).
36Variation and revocation of permit schemes(1)The appropriate national authority may by order vary or revoke any permit scheme which for the time being has effect.
37Permit regulations(1)The appropriate national authority may by regulations (“permit regulations”) make provision with respect to the content, preparation, submission, approval, operation, variation or revocation of permit schemes.
38Crown application(1)This Part and any provisions made under it bind the Crown (but do not affect Her Majesty in her private capacity or in right of Her Duchy of Lancaster or the Duke of Cornwall).
39Interpretation of Part 3(1)In this Part—
Part 4Street worksEnforcement40Increase in penalties for summary offences under 1991 Act(1)The maximum fine for each offence under a provision of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) (in this Part referred to as “the 1991 Act”) listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is increased from level 3 on the standard scale to the level specified for that provision in column 3 of the table.
41Fixed penalty offences(1)After section 95 of the 1991 Act (offences) there is inserted—
Co-ordination of works by street authority42Duty of street authority to co-ordinate works(1)Section 59 of the 1991 Act (general duty of street authority to co-ordinate works) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) after “purposes)” there is inserted “and the carrying out of relevant activities”.
(3)In subsection (2) after “works” there is inserted “or relevant activities”.
Direction-making powers43Directions relating to timing of street works(1)Section 56 of the 1991 Act (power to give directions as to timing of street works) is amended as follows.
44Directions as to placing of apparatusIn the 1991 Act, after section 56 there is inserted—
Records and information45The street works register(1)Section 53 of the 1991 Act (the street works register) is amended as follows.
(b)at the end there is added “; and
(ii)builder’s skips (within the meaning of section 139 of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66))), or of building materials, rubbish or other things deposited, or proposed to be deposited, in the street; or
46Records of location of apparatus(1)Section 79 of the 1991 Act (records of location of apparatus) is amended as follows.
“(3A)In subsections (2) to (3) the references to an undertaker’s records are to the records kept by him under subsection (1) (including anything included in those records by virtue of any provision of this Act or any other enactment).”
47Duties relating to the location of unexpected apparatus(1)Section 80 of the 1991 Act (duties where person finds unidentified apparatus) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) for “made available by the undertaker” there is substituted “kept by the undertaker under section 79(1) and made available by him”.
(5)In subsection (4) for “(2)” there is substituted “any requirement imposed on him by regulations under subsection (2)”.
48Duty to inspect recordsAfter section 53 of the 1991 Act (the street works register) there is inserted—
Miscellaneous49Notices of street works(1)In section 54 of the 1991 Act (advance notice of certain works)—
(a)in subsection (3) for “contain such” there is substituted “state the date on which it is proposed to begin the works and shall contain such other”;
(3)In section 93 of that Act (works affecting level crossings or tramways) in subsection (2) for “(7)” there is substituted “(9)”.
50Qualifications of supervisors and operatives(1)Section 67 of the 1991 Act (qualifications of supervisors and operatives) is amended as follows.
(4)In subsection (3) for “or (2)” there is substituted “, (2) or (2C)”.
(c)the form of any document to be issued by an approved body to certify or otherwise show that a qualification has been conferred on any person.”
51Restriction on works following substantial road works(1)Section 58 of the 1991 Act (restriction on works following substantial road works) is amended as specified in subsections (2) to (8).
(2)In subsection (1), for the words “twelve months” there is substituted “prescribed period”.
(3)In subsection (2), after “prescribed” there is inserted “form and” and for “three months” there is substituted “such period as may be prescribed”.
(5)In subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “within such period as may be prescribed”.
(6)In subsection (6), at the beginning of paragraph (b) there is inserted “if he is convicted of an offence under this subsection”.
(7)In subsection (7), for “by arbitration” there is substituted “in the prescribed manner”.
(9)In section 55 of the 1991 Act (notice of starting date of works), in subsection (2), after “works,” there is inserted “or in cases where the undertaker has been given notice under section 58(1),”.
52Restriction on works following substantial street works(1)After section 58 of the 1991 Act there is inserted—
(a)in subsection (1) after “works)” there is inserted “or paragraph 2(1)(d) or 3(1) of Schedule 3A (notification of proposed works or directions as to timings of works)”;
(b)in subsection (2) after “is” there is inserted “(or would, but for paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 3A, be)”.
(4)In section 64 of that Act (traffic-sensitive streets) in subsection (1) after “works)” there is inserted “or paragraph 2 of Schedule 3A”.
(5)In section 74 of that Act (charge for occupation of highway where works unreasonably prolonged)in subsection (3)(b) after “date)” there is inserted “or notification under paragraph 2(1)(d) of Schedule 3A (notification of proposed works)”.
(6)In section 88 of that Act (provisions relating to bridges)in subsection (4) after “date)” there is inserted “, or making a notification under paragraph 2(1)(d) of Schedule 3A (notification of proposed works),”.
(7)In section 89 of that Act (provisions relating to sewers)in subsection (2) after “date)” there is inserted “, or making a notification under paragraph 2(1)(d) of Schedule 3A (notification of proposed works),”.
53Notices requiring remedial works relating to reinstatements(1)In section 72 of the 1991 Act (powers of street authority in relation to reinstatement)—
(a)in subsection (3), for “of not less than 7 working days” there is substituted “, not being less than such period as may be prescribed,”; and
(a)in subsection (2), for “of not less than 7 working days” there is substituted “, not being less than such period as may be prescribed,”; and
54Duty to notify street authority of reinstatement(1)Section 70 of the 1991 Act (duty of undertaker to reinstate) is amended as follows.
55Power of street authority to require undertaker to re-surface street(1)After section 73 of the 1991 Act there is inserted—
“Re-surfacing73APower to require undertaker to re-surface street(1)In prescribed circumstances, the street authority for a street may by notice (a “re-surfacing notice”) require an undertaker within subsection (2) to execute such re-surfacing works in the street as may be specified in the notice.
(a)after the entry for relevant authority (in relation to street works) there is inserted— “re-surfacing noticesection 73A(7)re-surfacing workssection 73A(7)”;(b)after the entry for street works licence there is inserted— “surfacesection 73A(7)”.56Re-surfacing: regulations and guidanceAfter section 73C of the 1991 Act there is inserted—
57Contributions to costs of re-surfacing by undertaker(1)After section 78 of the 1991 Act there is inserted—
(2)In section 96 of the 1991 Act, in subsection (3), after “street)” there is inserted “or 78A (contributions to costs of re-surfacing by undertakers)”.
58Inspection fees(1)In section 72 of the 1991 Act (powers of street authority in relation to reinstatement) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
If he does so that subsection has effect, in relation to that description of inspection, as if for “he shall bear the cost of” there were substituted “he shall pay the prescribed fee in respect of”.
59Guidance about inspectionsAfter section 73E of the 1991 Act (as inserted by section 56 above) there is inserted—
“Inspections73FGuidance about street authority inspections(1)The Secretary of State may issue or approve guidance to street authorities about any matter relating to the exercise by them of any power to carry out inspections of street works.
Part 5Highways and roadsStrategic roads in London60Strategic roads in London: initial designation by Secretary of State(1)The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument designate roads and proposed roads in Greater London, other than roads for which the Secretary of State or Transport for London is the traffic authority, as strategic roads for the purposes of—
61Orders of the Greater London Authority changing what are strategic roads(1)If the Mayor of London considers it expedient that any road or proposed road in Greater London, other than a road for which the Secretary of State or Transport for London is the traffic authority, should become a strategic road then the Greater London Authority may by order direct that the road or proposed road shall become a strategic road.
62London borough council exercising powers under Highways Act 1980 so as to affect strategic roads(1)Section 301A of the 1980 Act (London borough council exercising powers under that Act so as to affect certain roads) is amended as follows.
(b)in paragraph (b), after “borough” there is inserted “other than a GLA road or strategic road”.
(a)in paragraph (b), at the end there is inserted “or strategic roads”;
(b)in paragraph (c), for “neither GLA roads nor” there is substituted “not GLA roads, strategic roads or”.
63London borough council exercising powers under Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 so as to affect strategic roads(1)Section 121B of the 1984 Act (London borough council exercising powers under that Act so as to affect certain roads) is amended as follows.
Enforcement of certain offences under the Highways Act 198064Fixed penalty offences under the Highways Act 1980(1)After section 314 of the 1980 Act (offences by body corporate) there is inserted—
Records of objects placed in highway65Duty of local highway authority to keep records of objects in highway(1)The appropriate national authority may by regulations made by statutory instrument require a local highway authority to make and keep a record of the location of any object of a description specified in the regulations which has been placed by that authority in a street.
Skips, scaffolding, building materials and excavations: charges for occupation of highway etc.66Builders' skips: charge for occupation of highway for unreasonable periodFor section 140A of the 1980 Act there is substituted—
“140ABuilders' skips: charge for occupation of highway for unreasonable period(1)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring the owner of a builder’s skip deposited on a highway maintainable at the public expense to pay a charge to the highway authority where the period for which the skip remains in the highway exceeds—
(3)In default of agreement, the authority’s view as to what is a reasonable period shall be acted upon pending the decision of the arbitrator.
“builder’s skip” has the meaning given by section 139(11);
67Builders' skips: charge determined by reference to duration of occupation of highwayAfter section 140A of the 1980 Act there is inserted—
“140BBuilders' skips: charge determined by reference to duration of occupation of highway(1)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring the owner of a builder’s skip deposited on a highway maintainable at the public expense to pay to the highway authority a charge determined, in the prescribed manner, by reference to the period for which the highway is occupied by the skip.
68Scaffolding, building materials and excavations: charge for occupation of highway for unreasonable periodFor section 171A of the 1980 Act there is substituted—
(5)In default of agreement, the authority’s view as to what is a reasonable period shall be acted upon pending the decision of the arbitrator.
69Scaffolding, building materials and excavations: charge determined by reference to duration of occupation of highwayAfter section 171A of the 1980 Act there is inserted—
70Sections 66 to 69: supplementary(1)In section 139 of the 1980 Act, in subsection (11) for “, section 140 and section 140A” there is substituted “and section 140”.
“140CRegulations under sections 140A and 140BNothing shall be taken to prevent the imposition of charges by both regulations under section 140A and regulations under section 140B in respect of the same builder’s skip at the same time.”
(a)in paragraph (a), after “140A” there is inserted “or 140B”;
Guidance as to safety precautions71Guidance to local highway authorities as to safety precautionsIn section 174 of the 1980 Act (precautions to be taken by persons executing works in streets), after subsection (1) there is inserted—
Part 6Civil enforcement of traffic contraventionsCivil penalties for road traffic contraventions72Civil penalties for road traffic contraventions(1)The appropriate national authority may make provision by regulations for or in connection with—
73Contraventions subject to civil enforcement(1)Schedule 7 specifies the road traffic contraventions that are subject to civil enforcement.
74Civil enforcement areas(1)Schedule 8 makes provision—
75Power to require authority to apply for civil enforcement powers(1)The appropriate national authority may by notice in writing under this section (a “notice to apply”) require a local authority to make an application under paragraph 8 of Schedule 8 for an order designating the whole or part of the local authority’s area as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions.
76Civil enforcement officers(1)A local authority may provide for the enforcement of road traffic contraventions for which it is the enforcement authority by individuals to be known as civil enforcement officers.
77Setting the level of penalty charges(1)Schedule 9 provides for the setting of the levels of penalty charges and certain other charges.
Notification, adjudication and enforcement78Notification of penalty charge(1)The Lord Chancellor may make regulations for and in connection with the notification of penalty charges.
79Immobilisation of vehicle where penalty charge payable(1)The appropriate national authority may make provision by regulations for or in connection with—
(a)that an immobilisation device must not be fixed to a vehicle if a current disabled person’s badge is displayed on the vehicle; and
(ii)in circumstances falling within section 117(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (use where a disabled person’s concession would be available),
“disabled person’s badge” has the same meaning as in section 142(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
80Representations and appeals(1)The Lord Chancellor may make provision by regulations entitling a person—
(3)The regulations may provide that, as respects a ground on which representations may be made, the adjudicator’s function on an appeal is to decide whether to direct the enforcement authority to consider or re-consider (as the case may be) any representations relating to that ground.
81Adjudicators(1)The Lord Chancellor may make provision by regulations for and in connection with the appointment of adjudicators for the purposes of this Part.
82Enforcement of penalty charges(1)The Lord Chancellor may make regulations for or in connection with the enforcement of penalty charges.
83Certificated bailiffs(1)For the purposes of section 82 (enforcement of penalty charges) a person is a certificated bailiff if he is authorised to act as such by a certificate signed—
Additional contraventions in special enforcement areas84Designation of special enforcement areasSchedule 10 provides for the designation of areas (“special enforcement areas”) where the following sections apply—
85Prohibition of double parking etc.(1)In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway in such a way that no part of the vehicle is within 50 centimetres of the edge of the carriageway.
86Prohibition of parking at dropped footways etc.(1)In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge where—
Supplementary87Guidance to local authorities(1)The appropriate national authority may publish guidance to local authorities about any matter relating to their functions in connection with the civil enforcement of traffic contraventions.
88Financial provisions(1)The appropriate national authority may make provision by regulations—
(a)for separate accounts to be kept in respect of an authority’s functions in relation to different descriptions of contravention, and
(b)for accounts to be kept in respect of an authority’s income and expenditure in respect of functions under this Part and such other functions as may be specified in the regulations.
89Regulations and orders(1)Regulations and orders under this Part may make provision for Greater London different from that made for the rest of England.
90Application to Crown and visiting forces(1)This Part does not apply in relation to a vehicle that—
91Consequential amendmentsSchedule 11 provides for amendments consequential on the provisions of this Part.
92Minor definitions(1)In this Part—
“operator”, in relation to a vehicle, means a person who holds an operator’s licence in respect of the vehicle under section 2 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (c. 23);
93Index of defined expressionsIn this Part the expressions listed below are defined or otherwise explained by the provisions indicated—
appropriate national authoritysection 92approved devicesection 92bus lane contraventionPart 2 of Schedule 7civil enforcement areaSchedule 8civil enforcement officerSection 76enforcement authoritySchedule 8fixed penalty noticesection 92GLA roadsection 92immobilisation devicesection 92local authoritysection 92London local authoritysection 92London lorry ban contraventionPart 3 of Schedule 7moving traffic contraventionPart 4 of Schedule 7operatorsection 92ownersection 92parking contraventionPart 1 of Schedule 7penalty chargesection 92roadsection 92road traffic contraventionSchedule 7special enforcement areaSchedule 10subordinate legislationsection 92traffic signsection 92Part 7Miscellaneous and General94Power to inspect blue badges(1)Section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44) (badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons) is amended as follows.
95Application of surplus income from parking places(1)Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (financial provisions relating to income and expenditure of local authority in connection with parking places) is amended as follows.
96WalesReferences in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) to—
97Financial provision(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
98RepealsSchedule 12 contains repeals.
99Commencement, transitionals and savings(1)The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.