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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

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Version Superseded: 03/07/2000

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Point in time view as at 01/11/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 12 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

12 Experimental traffic schemes in Greater London.E+W+S

(1)Where it appears to the commissioner of police expedient to do so for the purpose of carrying out within his area an experimental scheme of traffic control, he may, with the consent of [F1the local authority], and after giving such notice as [F1that authority] may direct, make regulations for regulating vehicular traffic in any manner specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

[F2(1A)The local authority shall not give their consent to any such scheme affecting a road for which the Secretary of State is the traffic authority except with his agreement.

(2)The Secretary of State may in the case of any scheme, after consultation with the local authority, direct them to consent to the scheme within a specified period or to withhold their consent.]

(3)The Secretary of State shall not give a direction under subsection (2) above unless he is satisfied, having regard to any matters appearing to him to be relevant, that [F3the local authority’s] duty under section 122(1) of this Act is not being satisfactorily discharged by [F3the authority] and that the giving of the direction is necessary to secure compliance with that duty.

(4)Any provision contained in regulations under this section may be made so as to apply—

(a)at all times or on specified days or during specified periods;

(b)either throughout the day or during any specified part of the day; and

(c)to vehicular traffic generally or to vehicular traffic of any class specified in the regulations;

and regulations under this section may make different provision for different classes of traffic.

(5)Regulations under this section may suspend or modify any order for the time being in force under section 6 of this Act.

(6)Regulations under this section shall not continue in force for a period longer than 6 months after they are made, together with such further period or periods (if any) not exceeding 12 months in all as, at any time before the regulations expire, [F4the local authority] may direct.

(7)Without prejudice to the power of the commissioner of police to revoke any regulations under this section, any such regulations may be revoked by an order under section 6 of this Act.

(8)A document purporting to be a copy, certified by a person authorised by the commissioner of police, of regulations under this section shall be evidence of the contents of such regulations.

(9)This section shall apply within Greater London but not elsewhere.

[F5(10)In this section—

  • the commissioner of police ”, in relation to the metropolitan police district, means the commissioner of police of the metropolis and, in relation to the City of London, means the commissioner of police for the City of London; and

  • local authority ” means the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London.]

Textual Amendments

F2S. 12(1A)(2) substituted (1.11.1991) for s. 12(2) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108) s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para.25; which substitution is in force for Scotland only by S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2. and for England and Wales only by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3,Sch.

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