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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 124A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 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

[F1124A GLA side roads.E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may by order designate roads or proposed roads as roads which are to be GLA side roads.

(2) Any road or proposed road so designated shall become a GLA side road on such date as may be specified in the order.

(3) A road may only be a GLA side road if it has a junction with—

(a) a GLA road; or

(b) another road which has a junction with a GLA road.

(4) A road or proposed road shall not be a GLA side road if it is a trunk road or other highway for which the Secretary of State [F2or a strategic highways company] is the highway authority.

(5) A road may only be a GLA side road if and to the extent that the appropriate authority considers it appropriate for the road to be a GLA side road in the interests of the management of traffic and the control of the waiting and loading of vehicles on or in the immediate vicinity of GLA roads.

(6) The Secretary of State may by order make provision for or in connection with applying in relation to GLA side roads, with such modifications as he thinks fit, the provisions of sections 14B and 14C of the M1 Highways Act 1980 (orders changing what are GLA roads and certification and records of GLA roads).

(7)The provision that may be made under subsection (6) above is subject to subsections (3) to (5) above.

(8) In this section “ the appropriate authority ” means—

(a)in relation to an order under subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State;

[F3(b)in relation to an order made under section 124B of this Act, the Mayor of London;]

(c)in relation to confirmation of such an order by the Secretary of State under that section as so applied, the Secretary of State.

(9) Any reference in any provision of this Act or any other enactment to a GLA side road shall be construed as a reference to a road in Greater London which is for the time being a GLA side road by virtue of—

(a)an order made by the Secretary of State under subsection (1) above; or

[F4(b)an order made by the Greater London Authority under section 124B of this Act.]

(10) Any functions conferred or imposed on the Greater London Authority in relation to GLA side roads shall be functions of the Authority which are exercisable by the Mayor of London acting on behalf of the Authority.

(11)Subsection (10) above does not apply in relation to any functions expressly conferred on the London Assembly.

[F5(11A) In this section, notwithstanding section 142(4) of this Act, a reference to a GLA road shall not include a reference to a GLA side road. ]

(12)Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and a statutory instrument containing any such order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 124A inserted (12.1.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 272 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art. 2

F3S. 124A(8)(b) substituted (1.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2237, art. 2(2)

F4S. 124A(9)(b) substituted (1.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2237, art. 2(3)

F5S. 124A(11A) inserted (4.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1353, art. 3

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