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Road Traffic, England

Made 28th February 2009

Laid before Parliament 6th March 2009

Coming into force 6th April 2009

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 8(1) of Schedule 8 and 3(1) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004^f1.

West Berkshire District Council^f2 has applied to the Secretary of State for an order to be made under these powers in respect of part of its area.

The Secretary of State has consulted the Chief Constable of the Thames Valley Police in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 8(3) of Schedule 8 and 3(4) of Schedule 10.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State for Transport^f3 makes this Order.

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Footnotes

f1: 2004 c.18.
f2: West Berkshire District Council, (“the Council”), is a district council for an area for which there is no county council. The functions of the county council of the Royal County of Berkshire in so far as they related to Newbury district were transferred to the Council under article 3 of the Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 (SI. 1996/1879). Newbury District Council changed its name to West Berkshire District Council, in accordance with the provisions of section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972, with effect from 1^st April 1998. References in enactments to a county council are construed as including a reference to a district council by virtue of regulation 5(1) and 5(6) of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/867); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/611, regulation 2(3)(a) and S.I. 2008/2867, regulation 34.
f3: The Secretary of State, under section 92 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, is the ‘appropriate national authority’ as regards England for the purposes of Part 6 of that Act.