The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Order 1998

6.—(1) Section 82 shall be modified as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted–

“(1) In this section and sections 66, 69 to 74 and 79 of, and Schedule 6 to, this Act–

• “hiring agreement” and “vehicle-hire firm” have the same meanings as in section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988;

• “immobilisation device” has the same meaning as in section 104(9) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

• “parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Order 1998;

• “parking attendant” has the same meaning as in section 63A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

• “parking authority” means–

  (a)

  in relation to a parking place which was provided or authorised under section 32(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the local authority as defined by section 32(4)(a) of that Act in relation to the parking place;

  (b)

  in any other case, the traffic authority (other than the Secretary of State) as defined by section 121A of that Act;

• “penalty charge” means a penalty charge which is payable by virtue of paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to this Act;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; and

• “traffic commissioner” means the traffic commissioner appointed for the Scottish Traffic Area under section 4 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.”.

(3) In subsection (5), for the words “London authority concerned” there shall be substituted “parking authority”.