The A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1993.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order–

“carriageway” means a way constituting or comprised in a highway, being a way over which the public have a right of way for the passage of vehicles;

“designated parking place” means a parking place designated by an Order under section 45 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

“licensed cab” has the same meaning as in the London Cab Act 1968(1);

“London bus service” and “London local service licence” have the same meanings as in Part II of the Transport Act 1985(2); and

“trunk road red route” has the meaning given in article 3.

(2) References in this Order to a disabled person, to a disabled person’s vehicle and to a vehicle displaying a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position shall be construed in accordance with the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1968(3).

(3) For the purposes of this Order, a vehicle shall be deemed–

(a) to have stopped or to be at rest in a length of road specified in a Schedule if any point in that length of road is below the vehicle or its load (if any) and the vehicle is at rest; or

(b) to have waited for more than a period specified in article 4(2) in a length of road specified in a Schedule if any one point in that length of road is below the vehicle or its load (if any) throughout a period exceeding the specified period whether or not the vehicle is moved during that period.

and for the purposes of article 4(2), any time during which a vehicle is at rest in the circumstances set out in articles 6 to 10 shall not be regarded as a previous period when the vehicle was at rest.

(4) A reference in this Order to a length of road specified in a Schedule or in a Part of a Schedule is–

(a) if the Schedule is Schedule 1, a reference to every part of the length of road described in a single paragraph in that Schedule or a Part of that Schedule; or

(b) if the Schedule is Schedule 2, 3 or 4, a reference to every part of the length of road described in a single paragraph of the Schedule or a Part of the Schedule in question which lies between the edge of the carriageway and the centre of the road on the side stated in that paragraph or otherwise indicated in that Schedule;

and a reference to the name of a road is, where applicable, a reference to so much of that road which is in the London Borough of Islington.

(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in this Order–

(a) to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order, and

(b) to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the article in which the reference occurs.

Application

3.  This Order shall apply to the lengths of road in the London Borough of Islington specified in Schedule 1 (such lengths being referred to in this Order collectively as the “trunk road red route”).

Restrictions on vehicles stopping or remaining at rest

4.—(1) No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to stop or remain at rest during the restricted hours in the trunk road red route.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not prohibit a person from causing or permitting a vehicle to wait during the prescribed hours–

(a) in any length of road specified in Part I, II or III of Schedule 2 for a period of up to 1 hour not being a period separated by an interval of less than 2 hours from a previous period when that vehicle was at rest in that length of road during the prescribed hours; or

(b) in any length of road specified in any of Parts I to VIII of Schedule 3 for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading the vehicle–

(i) for so long as may be necessary for that purpose, or

(ii) a period of 20 minutes,

whichever is the less.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not prohibit a person from causing or permitting a vehicle displaying a disabled person’s badge in a relevant position to wait during the prescribed hours–

(a) in a length of road specified in any of Parts I to V of Schedule 2, or

(b) in any length of road specified in Parts I to VIII of Schedule 3 for a period of up to 2 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 2 hours from a previous period when that vehicle was at rest in that length of road during the prescribed hours.

(4) In this article “restricted hours”, in relation to a length of road specified in a Part of Schedule 1, means–

(a) in relation to a length of road specified in Part I of Schedule 1, the period from 0800 hours to 1900 hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive, and

(b) in relation to a length of road specified in Part II of Schedule 1, the period from 0800 hours to 1900 hours on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.

(5) In this article, “prescribed hours”, in relation to a length of road specified in a Part of a Schedule shown in an item in column (3) of the Table below, means the period shown in that item in column (2) of that Table.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Prescribed hours	Provision
1	0800 hours to 1900 hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.	Schedule 2, Parts I and III Schedule 3, Part I
2	0800 hours to 1900 hours on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.	Schedule 3, Part II
3	0800 hours to 1600 hours on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.	Schedule 2, Part V
4	0800 hours to 1300 hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.	Schedule 3, Part III
5	0800 hours to 1300 hours on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.	Schedule 3, Part IV
6	1000 hours to 1600 hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.	Schedule 2, Parts II and IV Schedule 3, Part V
7	1000 hours to 1600 hours on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.	Schedule 3, Part VI
8	1300 hours to 1900 hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.	Schedule 3, Part VII
9	1300 hours to 1900 hours on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.	Schedule 3, Part VIII

Prohibitions on vehicles stopping or remaining at rest

5.  Notwithstanding anything in article 4 no person shall cause or permit a vehicle to stop or remain at rest at any time–

(a) in any part of the trunk road red route other than at the edge of the carriageway, or

(b) in any length of road specified in Schedule 4 (all such lengths being comprised in the trunk road red route).

Exemptions from prohibitions and restrictions

6.  Nothing in this Order applies to a vehicle being used for the provision of a London bus service–

(a) under a London local service licence; or

(b) for which such a licence is not required by virtue of section 35(2) or 36(1) of the Transport Act 1985,

when in an area bounded by a traffic sign consisting of markings of a type shown in diagram 1025 or 1025.2 in Schedule 2 to the Traffic Regulations 1981(4).

7.  Nothing in this Order prohibits a person from causing or permitting–

(a) a licensed cab to wait at the edge of the carriageway in any road for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling a person to board or alight from the vehicle or to load or unload his personal luggage;

(b) a vehicle which is displaying a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to wait at the edge of the carriageway in any road for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling a disabled person to board or alight from the vehicle;

(c) a disabled person’s vehicle to wait at the edge of the carriageway in any road for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling a disabled person to board or alight from the vehicle;

(d) a vehicle to wait at any place for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of obtaining or giving help required as a result of an accident or emergency or taking any other action in the interests of public safety; or

(e) a vehicle to wait at any place while any gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is proceeding, or from which it has emerged, is opened or closed, if it is not reasonably practicable for the vehicle to wait at a place where it would otherwise be lawful for the vehicle to wait.

8.  Nothing in this Order applies to–

(a) a vehicle being used–

(i) for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(ii) for the removal of any obstruction to traffic; or

(iii) in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any road;

(b) a vehicle when the driver is–

(i) required by law to stop or not to proceed;

(ii) obliged to stop in order to avoid an accident;

(iii) prevented from proceeding by circumstances outside his control; or

(c) a licensed cab on a cab rank.

9.  Nothing in this Order applies to a vehicle in a designated parking place.

10.  Nothing in this Order applies to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden.

Amendments and revocation

11.—(1) In the Greater London (Waiting Restrictions) (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) Order 1975(5), article 3 shall be re-numbered as article 3(1), at the beginning of that provision as so re-numbered there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (2) below,” and after that provision as so re-numbered there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(2) This Order shall not apply to the A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993.”

(2) In the Islington (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1976(6), article 4 shall be re-numbered as article 4(1) and after that provision as so re-numbered there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(2) Nothing in this Order shall apply to any part of the trunk road red route within the meaning of the A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 and the Schedules to this Order shall be construed accordingly.”.

(3) The A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1992(7) is hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport.

Simon C. Whiteley

Assistant Secretary London Regional Directorate of the

Department of Transport

25th March 1993