The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Torfaen) Designation Order 2019

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 996 (W. 176)

Road Traffic, Wales

The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Torfaen) Designation Order 2019

Made

5 June 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

6 June 2019

Coming into force

1 July 2019

This Order is made by the Welsh Ministers(1) in exercise of the power conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004(2).

Torfaen County Borough Council has applied to the Welsh Ministers for an Order to be made under these powers in respect of part of that Council’s area.

The Welsh Ministers have consulted the chief officer of Gwent Police in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 8(3) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004.

Title and commencement

1.  The title of this Order is the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Torfaen) Designation Order 2019 and it comes into force on 1 July 2019.

Designation of civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and special enforcement area

2.  The Welsh Ministers designate the area described in the Schedule to this Order as—

(a) a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions; and

(b) a special enforcement area.

Ken Skates

Minister for Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers

5 June 2019

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Area designated as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and a special enforcement area

The area of the County Borough of Torfaen (“the County Borough”) with the exception of—

(a) the length of the A4042 Trunk Road within the County Borough, from the boundary with the City of Newport to the boundary with the County of Monmouthshire.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the area described in the Schedule to this Order as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and a special enforcement area for the purpose of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. This Order enables Torfaen County Borough Council to enforce parking contraventions within the area described in the Schedule to this Order through a civil law regime, as opposed to enforcement by police or traffic wardens in a criminal law context.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment and Explanatory Memorandum can be obtained from the Orders Branch, Transport, Economic Infrastructure, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ or on the National Assembly for Wales website at http://senedd.assembly.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=14828

(1)

By virtue of section 92 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, the National Assembly for Wales was designated as the appropriate national authority as regards Wales, for the purposes of Part 6 of that Act. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under the Traffic Management Act 2004 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of, section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(2)

2004 c. 18.