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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2007 No. 2838

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

ROAD TRAFFIC, ENGLAND

The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Order 2007

  Made 27th September 2007 
  Laid before Parliament 2nd October 2007 
  Coming into force 6th November 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:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 6th November 2007.

Specification of approved local authorities
    
2. The following authority is specified as an approved local authority for the purposes of section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions):

Amendment to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005
     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 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, insert the following row—

"Gloucestershire County Council S.I. 2007/2837"




Signed by authority of the Secretary of State


Rosie Winterton
Minister of State Department for Transport

27th September 2007



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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 Gloucestershire 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 (S.I. 2005/2755) to add Gloucestershire County Council to the list of approved local authorities set out in the Schedule to that Order.

No 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.


Notes:

[1] 2000 c.38. See the definition "relevant national authority" in section 144(14).back

[2] The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Gloucestershire) (Cheltenham, Cotswold, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewksbury) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2837) designates part of the County of Gloucestershire as a permitted parking area and special parking area under paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40).back

[3] S.I. 2005/2755.back



ISBN 978 0 11 078808 1


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 5 October 2007


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