PART IMODIFICATIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
1.—(1) Section 46 shall be modified as follows.
(2) Subsection (1) shall be omitted.
(3) In subsection (1A) for “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the permitted parking area”.
2.—(1) Section 55 shall be amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
“(1) A local authority shall keep an account—
(a)of their income and expenditure in respect of designated parking places for which they are the local authority and which are in the permitted parking areas; and
(b)of their income from additional parking charges (within the meaning of section 74(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1991) received by them in respect of vehicles found within the special parking areas and the expenditure incurred by them in relation to that area by virtue of any provision of Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1991 as it applies in relation to that area.
(1A) As soon as reasonably possible after the end of each financial year the local authority shall forward to the Secretary of State a copy of the account for that year.”
(3) Subsections (3A) and (3B) shall be omitted.
3. In section 63A, in subsection (4) for the words “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the permitted parking areas and the special parking areas”.
4.—(1) Section 101 shall be modified as follows.
(2) Subsection (4) shall be omitted.
(3) In subsection (4A) for the words “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the permitted parking area or in the special parking area”.
(4) Subsection (5) shall be omitted.
(5) In subsection (5A) for the words “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the permitted parking areas or in the special parking areas”.
5.—(1) Section 102 shall be modified as follows.
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
“(1) If a vehicle is removed from a parking place in a permitted parking area or from a special parking area in circumstances in which an offence would have been committed but for the provisions of paragraph 1(4) or 2(4) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991, the local authority shall be entitled to recover from any person responsible, such charges in respect of the removal, storage and disposal of the vehicle, as they may require.”
(3) Subsection (2) shall be omitted.
(4) In subsection (8) in paragraph (b) of the definition of “appropriate authority” for “Greater London” there shall be substituted “the permitted parking areas or in the special parking areas”.
6. In section 142(1)—
(a)after the definition of “parking meter” there shall be inserted—
““permitted parking areas” means the areas designated as permitted parking areas by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Areas and Special Parking Areas) (City of Oxford and Parish of North Hinksey) Order 1996 and a reference to a permitted parking area is a reference to one of those areas;”; and
(b)after the definition of “road” there shall be inserted—
““special parking areas” means the areas designated as special parking areas by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Areas and Special Parking Areas) (City of Oxford and Parish of North Hinksey) Order 1996 and a reference to a special parking area is a reference to one of those areas;”.