London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013

PART 1 Preliminary

1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013.

(2) This Act, except the provisions mentioned in subsection (3) shall come into operation at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.

(3) The following provisions shall come into operation on the appointed day—

(a) sections 4 (except subsection (13)) and 5;

(b) Part 3.

2 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980;

• “borough council” means London borough council and includes the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;

• “joint committee” means, except in section 4, any joint committee established under section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 and comprising at least one member from each borough council and at least one person appointed by Transport for London;

• “London authority” means a borough council or Transport for London, as the case may be;

• “relevant highway authority” means—

  (a)

  a borough council, as respects highways for which they are the highway authority;

  (b)

  Transport for London, as respects highways for which they are the highway authority.

3 Appointed day

(1) In section 1(3) “the appointed day” means such day as may be fixed as regards the provisions mentioned in that section—

(a) by a decision of Transport for London; or

(b) by resolution of a borough council,

as the case may be, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2) Different days may be fixed under this section for the purpose of the application of the provisions mentioned in section 1(3) to different areas.

(3) Different days may be fixed under this section for the purpose of the application of the provisions mentioned in section 1(3) to an area.

(4) The London authority in question shall cause to be published in a local newspaper circulating in their area and in the London Gazette, notice—

(a) of the passing of any such resolution or taking of any such decision under this section and of the day fixed by the resolution or decision; and

(b) of the general effect of the provisions coming into operation on that day,

and the day so fixed shall not be earlier than the expiration of one month from the publication of the notice in the London Gazette.

(5) A document certified by the officer appointed for that purpose by the London authority in question to be a true reproduction of a page or part of a page of any such newspaper or London Gazette—

(a) bearing the date of its publication; and

(b) containing any such notice,

shall be evidence of the publication of the notice and of the date of publication.