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The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/3238 · Made 23 December 1993

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 23rd December 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84 of the Road Traffic Act 1991f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 40.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement and transitional provisions
  3. 3Commencement and transitional provisions
  4. 4Commencement and transitional provisions
  5. 5Commencement and transitional provisions
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No.9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

(2)

In this Order

  • “the 1991 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and

  • “vehicle” has the meaning given by section 99(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984f1.

2Commencement and transitional provisions

The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 31st January 1994 in respect of the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Southwark—

(a)

section 64, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(b)

section 65;

(c)

section 66, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(d)

section 69;

(e)

section 81, to the extent necessary for bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 7 brought into force by this article; and

(f)

paragraph 5 of Schedule 7, to the extent that that paragraph is not already in force.

3Commencement and transitional provisions

Subsections (4) and (6) of section 67 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 31st January 1994 for the purpose of the application of the subsections thereby inserted in relation to vehicles found in the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Southwark.

4Commencement and transitional provisions

Subsection (2)(b) of section 68 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 31st January 1994 for the purpose of the application of the subsection thereby inserted in relation to the councils of the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Southwark.

5Commencement and transitional provisions

(1)

In relation to a vehicle that is stationary in a designated parking place in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames or Southwark immediately before 31st January 1994, section 66(2) of the 1991 Act shall have effect for so long as it remains in that parking place as if the words “on or after 31st January 1994” were inserted after—

(a)

the word “left” in paragraph (a) of section 66(2),

(b)

the word “payable” in paragraph (b) of that subsection, and

(c)

the word “has” in paragraph (c) of that subsection.

(2)

Where a vehicle found in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames or Southwark has pursuant to any enactment been removed before 31st January 1994, sections 67 and 68 of the 1991 Act shall not apply in relation to that removal or to any storage or disposal of the vehicle as a consequence of that removal.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

23rd December 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Southwark provisions relating to the enforcement of certain parking restrictions.