Article 20 Motor vehicle restrictionsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No person, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police officer or traffic officer in uniform, is to cause or permit any vehicle to proceed along any part of a road specified in Part 1 of Schedule 11 (motor vehicle access only restrictions) except for the purpose of access.

(2)

No person, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police officer or traffic officer in uniform, is to cause or permit any vehicle to proceed along the parts of road specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 11 (one way streets) in a direction other than that specified in relation to that road in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 11 (one way streets).

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4) no person is to cause or permit any vehicle to enter the lay-by situated in the location described in column (1) of Part 3 of Schedule 11 (prohibition of entry to abnormal loads lay-by) at the point of entry described in column (2) of Part 3 of Schedule 11.

(4)

Nothing in paragraph (3) above applies—

(a)

to an abnormal load vehicle;

(b)

in relation to a vehicle being used;

(i)

to escort an abnormal load;

(ii)

for the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the layby;

(iii)

for the laying, erection, alteration or repair in or near the layby of any sewer or of any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of any F1electronic communications apparatus within the meaning given in paragraph 5 of the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 on or near the layby referred to in column (2) of Part 3 of Schedule 11;

(iv)

for police, ambulance or fire brigade purposes; or

(v)

in the service of a local authority or of a water authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties.

(5)

Subject to paragraph (6) no person, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police officer or traffic officer in uniform, is to cause or permit the length of road identified in Part 4 of Schedule 11 (buses and cyclists only) to be used by any vehicles other than a bus or cycle except for the purpose of access.

(6)

Nothing in paragraph (5) applies to a vehicle being used—

(a)

to allow people to board or alight;

(b)

in connection with—

(i)

building, industrial or demolition operations;

(ii)

the removal of any obstruction to traffic;

(iii)

the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the road including the verge; or

(iv)

the laying, erection, alteration or repair on, or in land adjacent to the road or verge of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of any telegraphic line as defined in the Telecommunications Act 1984;

(c)

in the service of a local authority, Highways England, or a statutory undertaker in pursuance of statutory powers or duties;

(d)

for the purpose of delivering or collecting postal packets as defined in the Postal Services Act 2000 by any universal service provider; or

(e)

for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes.

(7)

Paragraphs (1) to (6) have effect as if made by a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act, and their application may be varied or revoked by such an order or by any other enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such orders.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 20(4)(b)(iii) substituted (28.12.2017) by The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1011), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 11(2)

Commencement

I1: Art. 20 in force at 2.2.2016, see art. 1