The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996

Consultation

6.—(1) An order making authority shall, before making an order in a case specified in column (2) of an item in the table below, consult the persons specified in column (3) of the item.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Case	Consultee
1.	Where the order relates to, or appears to the order making authority to be likely to affect traffic on, a road for which another authority is the highway authority or the traffic authority	The other authority
2.	Where the order relates to, or appears to the order making authority to be likely to affect traffic on, a Crown road	The appropriate Crown authority
3.	Where the order relates to, or appears to the order making authority to be likely to affect traffic on, a road subject to a concession	The concessionaire
4.	Where the order relates to, or appears to the order making authority to be likely to affect traffic on, a road on which a tramcar or trolley vehicle service is provided	The operator of the service
5.  Where the order relates to, or appears to the order making authority to be likely to affect traffic on,– (a) a road outside Greater London which is included in the route of a local service; or	In case (a) the operator of the service
(b) a road in Greater London which is included in the route of a London bus service	In case (b) the operator of the service and London Regional Transport
6.  Where it appears to the authority that the order is likely to affect the passage on any road of– (a) ambulances; or	In case (a) the chief officer of the appropriate NHS trust
(b) fire-fighting vehicles	In case (b) the chief officer of the fire brigade of the fire authority
7.	All cases	(a) The Freight Transport Association (b) The Road Haulage Association (c) Such other organisations (if any) representing persons likely to be affected by any provision in the order as the order making authority thinks it appropriate to consult

(2) In paragraph (1)—

“appropriate NHS trust” in relation to a road or place means the National Health Service trust providing an emergency ambulance service in the area in which the road or place is situated and “National Health Service trust” has the meaning given by section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1);

“concessionaire” has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the 1991 Act;

“fire authority” in relation to a road or place means the authority exercising the functions of a fire authority under the Fire Services Act 1947(2) in the area in which the road or place is situated;

“highway authority” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(3);

“road subject to a concession” has the meaning given by section 1(2) of the 1991 Act; and

“trolley vehicle” does not include a duobus as defined in the Tramcar and Trolley Vehicles (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 1992(4).

(3) The requirements of this regulation are without prejudice to the provisions of—

(a) paragraph 20 of Schedule 9 to the 1984 Act (consultation with the chief officer of police);

(b) paragraph 6(3)(c) of Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act (consultation required of London authorities and metropolitan district councils); and

(c) any other provision of the 1984 Act requiring consultation.

(1)

1977 c. 49. The definition of “National Health Service trust” in section 128(1) was inserted by section 26(2)(d) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

(2)

1947 c. 41; read with paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Local Government Act 1985.

(3)

1980 c. 66.

(4)

S.I. 1992/1217.