Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 37
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (Essex County Council) Permit Scheme Order 2015
Made
7th January 2015
Coming into force
16th March 2015
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Essex County 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 (Essex County Council) Permit Scheme Order 2015 and comes into force on 16th March 2015.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Essex County Council Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Essex County 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 Essex County Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 16th March 2015.
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 Essex County Council Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
7th January 2015
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Essex County Council Permit Scheme.
The Essex County Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Essex by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from Essex County Council before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 16th March 2015. 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 Essex County Council Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Essex County Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at Essex County Council, County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1QH and is available to inspect on the Council’s website www.essex.gov.uk.