Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 466
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (Shropshire Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014
Made
27th February 2014
Coming into force
1st April 2014
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Shropshire Council Permit Scheme under section 34(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004(1) makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(4) and (5) and 39(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (Shropshire Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st April 2014.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Shropshire Council Permit Scheme ” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “West and Shires Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Shropshire Council and has been approved by the Secretary of State; and
“specified streets” has the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007(2).
Commencement of Permit Scheme
3. The Shropshire Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 1st April 2014.
Application of Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007
4. Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 shall apply to the specified streets within the Shropshire Council Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
27th February 2014
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Shropshire Council Permit Scheme.
The Shropshire Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Shropshire by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from Shropshire Council before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 1st April 2014. The permit scheme referred to in this article is set out in the Schedule to the Order.
Article 4 applies Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (which makes provision for the disapplication and modification of enactments in relation to specified works in specified streets) to the specified works and specified streets within the Shropshire Council Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Shropshire Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.shropshire.gov.uk.