Article 2 Amendment of article 1

Article 1 of the Principal Order (citation, commencement and interpretation) is amended as follows.

In article 1(2) insert the following definitions at the appropriate alphabetical position—

• ““parking offence” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to table 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 1, an offence under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984^f1, which does not involve obligatory endorsement and which is committed in respect of a stationary vehicle; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to table 6 in Schedule 2, an offence under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f2 consisting in the causing of an unnecessary obstruction of a road in breach of regulation 103 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986^f3;

• “red route” means a length of road affected by either or both of the following traffic signs, namely—

  1. (a)

     a traffic sign lawfully placed on the road, being a traffic sign which bears the words “Red Route”, with or without any other word or any sign or other indication; and

  2. (b)

     a traffic sign consisting of a red line or mark lawfully placed on the road; and

• “traffic sign” means a traffic sign for the purposes of section 64(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 which conveys any restriction or prohibition under an order made under that Act.”.