The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of East Sussex) (Amendment), Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (Amendment) and Moving Traffic Contraventions Designation Order 2025
S.I. 2025/1181 · Made 11 November 2025
ROAD TRAFFIC, ENGLAND
Made 11th November 2025
Laid before Parliament 13th November 2025
Coming into force 9th December 2025
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 8(1), 9(1) and 10(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004f1(“the Act”).
East Sussex County Council has applied to the Secretary of State for an order to be made in exercise of the powers in paragraph 8(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 10 to the Act in respect of parts of its area.
Brighton and Hove City Council, the Borough Council of Calderdale, Cornwall Council, Dorset Councilf2, Kirklees Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Milton Keynes City Council and Slough Borough Council have each applied to the Secretary of State for an order to be made in exercise of the powers in paragraph 10(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Act in respect of parts of their respective areas.
Pursuant to paragraphs 8(3) and 10(4) of Part 2 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the chief officers of the Sussex Police, West Yorkshire Police, Devon and Cornwall Police, Dorset Police, Merseyside Police and Thames Valley Police.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2004 c. 18. The Secretary of State is the “appropriate national authority” as regards England for the purposes of Part 6 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Traffic Management Act 2004 (“2004 Act”), by virtue of section 92(1) of that Act.
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By the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648) (“the 2018 Order”), the county of Dorset was abolished and its county council wound up and dissolved (article 8 of that Order). Among other things, the 2018 Order established a new non-metropolitan county and a new non-metropolitan district, to be known as Dorset, and the new Dorset Council. The areas designated by the orders referred to in article 6(d) of this Order are now (by virtue of the 2018 Order) part of the Dorset Council’s area.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and extent
- 2Interpretation
- 3Amendment of the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (Borough of Hastings) Order 1999
- 4Amendment of the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (District of Lewes) Order 2004
- 5Amendment of the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005
- 6Designation of civil enforcement areas for moving traffic contraventions
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and extent
This Order may be cited as the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of East Sussex) (Amendment), Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (Amendment) and Moving Traffic Contraventions Designation Order 2025 and comes into force on 9th December 2025.
This Order extends to England and Wales.
2Interpretation
In this Order “relevant date” means the date on which this Order is made.
3Amendment of the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (Borough of Hastings) Order 1999
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (Borough of Hastings) Order 1999f1 is amended as follows.
In article 3 (application)—
omit “excluding that length of the A21 trunk road situated between the Hastings Borough boundary and the southern side of the junction with Junction Road”;
insert “the whole of” before “the Borough of Hastings”.
4Amendment of the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (District of Lewes) Order 2004
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (District of Lewes) Order 2004f1 is amended as follows.
In article 3 (application), omit the words from “except—” to the end of that article.
5Amendment of the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005f1 is amended as follows.
In the table in Schedule 2, after the row relating to the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, insert—
| “Cambridgeshire County Council | 2023/1256, 2025/788”. |
6Designation of civil enforcement areas for moving traffic contraventions
The Secretary of State designates each of the following areas as a civil enforcement area for moving traffic contraventions—
the part of the area of Brighton and Hove City Council designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Brighton and Hove) Order 2001f1 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the part of the area of the Borough Council of Calderdale designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale) Order 2006f2 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the whole of the area of Cornwall Council designated as a civil enforcement area and as a special enforcement area by the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2010f3 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the parts of the area of Dorset Council—
designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Dorset) (Borough of Christchurch) Order 2003f4, the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Dorset) (Borough of Weymouth and Portland) Order 2002f5, the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Dorset) (District of North Dorset) Order 2002f6 and the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Dorset) (District of Purbeck) Order 2002f7 as they had effect immediately before the relevant date; and
designated as a civil enforcement area and as a special enforcement area by the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2016f8 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the part of the area of Kirklees Borough Council designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees) Order 2006f9 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the part of the area of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council designated as a civil enforcement area and as a special enforcement area by the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2014f10 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the part of the area of Milton Keynes City Council designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Borough of Milton Keynes) Order 2002f11 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date;
the part of the area of Slough Borough Council designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Borough of Slough) Order 2003f12 as it had effect immediately before the relevant date.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Keir Mather
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
11th November 2025
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (Borough of Hastings) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1112) and the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of East Sussex) (District of Lewes) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2111) to designate roads, which were previously excluded from the civil enforcement area for East Sussex County Council, as being part of its civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and as a special enforcement area.
This Order also amends the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2755) to designate parts of Cambridgeshire County Council’s area as a civil enforcement area for bus lane contraventions for the purposes of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18). The designated areas are the same areas already designated by the Secretary of State for the enforcement of parking contraventions.
This Order also designates part or parts of the following local authority areas as moving traffic contravention civil enforcement areas for the purposes of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004: Brighton and Hove City Council, the Borough Council of Calderdale, Cornwall Council, Dorset Council, Kirklees Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Milton Keynes City Council and Slough Borough Council. Each of the areas designated is the same as, or falls within, the area already designated by the Secretary of State for the enforcement of parking contraventions.
The practical effect of article 6 of this Order is to enable the local authorities mentioned to enforce moving traffic within part or parts of their areas through a civil law regime.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared for this Order and is available alongside this Order on the UK legislation website www.legislation.gov.uk.