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The Road Traffic Act 1991(Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/2229 · Made 10 September 1993

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 10th September 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. 2Amendment of Commencement No. 6 Order
  3. 3Commencement and transitional provisions
  4. 4Commencement and transitional provisions
  5. 5Commencement and transitional provisions
  6. 6Commencement and transitional provisions
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 7 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.

2Amendment of Commencement No. 6 Order

The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993f1 is amended as follows:—

(a)

in article 1(4) after the word “if” where it first occurs there is inserted the word “it”; and

(b)

in article 6—

(i)

in paragraph (1) after the words “parking place” where those words first occur there are inserted the words “in the London borough of Wandsworth”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (2) for the words “has been removed pursuant to any enactment” there are substituted the words “found in the London borough of Wandsworth has pursuant to any enactment been removed”.

3Commencement and transitional provisions

The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 in respect of the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham—

(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.

4Commencement and transitional provisions

Subsections (4) and (6) of section 67 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsections thereby inserted in relation to vehicles found in the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham.

5Commencement and transitional provisions

Subsection (2)(b) of section 68 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsection thereby inserted in relation to the councils of the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham.

6Commencement and transitional provisions

(1)

In relation to a vehicle that is stationary in a designated parking place in the London borough of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham or Lewisham immediately before 4th October 1993, 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 4th October 1993” were inserted after—

(a)

the word “left” in paragraph (a),

(b)

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

(c)

the word “has” in paragraph (c).

(2)

Where a vehicle found in the London borough of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham or Lewisham has pursuant to any enactment been removed before 4th October 1993, 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

10th September 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham, provisions relating to the enforcement of certain parking restrictions and makes minor amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.