Explanatory note

This Order amends the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Highland Council) Designation Order 2016 (“the 2016 Order”).

Article 3 of the 2016 Order designated the part of the Highland local government area specified in schedule 1 of the Order as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area in accordance with the provisions of schedule 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1991. While the Order is in force, certain specified parking offences are decriminalised in the Highland Council area.

Paragraph 1 of schedule 1 of the 2016 Order specified the whole of the Highland local government area, but excluded certain specified lengths of trunk road. The lengths of excluded trunk road are subject to the exceptions specified in remaining paragraphs of schedule 1 of the 2016 Order, with the effect of bringing those specified lengths within the designated area.

Article 2 of this Order substitutes the list of lengths of trunk road which are currently specified in paragraphs 2 to 7 of schedule 1 of the 2016 Order. The substituted list extends certain lengths of trunk road which were previously specified in the 2016 Order and adds a number of new lengths to that list. The effect of this is to extend the Highland local government area which is designated by article 3 of the 2016 Order as a permitted parking area and a special parking area.