Introductory text
Road Traffic
Made 22nd August 2017
Coming into force 25th August 2017
The Secretary of State for Transport, being the traffic authority for the M48 Motorway (“the M48”) and connecting roads, is satisfied that traffic on lengths of that motorway in South Gloucestershire, the County of Gloucestershire and the County of Monmouthshire should be prohibited for the purpose of facilitating the holding of a relevant event.
The Secretary of State for Transport is further satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the event to be held otherwise than on a road.
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16A(2)(a) and 124(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Actf1, makes the following Order:
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1984 c.27. Section 16A was inserted by the Road Traffic Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994 (c.11), section 1(1), and has been amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) paragraph 75 of Schedule 1. Section 124 has been amended by the Road Traffic Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994, paragraph 2 of Schedule 1. There are further amendments to sections 16A and 124 which are not relevant to this Order.