SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments

Part IIAmendments of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Experimental traffic schemes

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1

Section 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (supplementary provisions as to experimental traffic orders) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (2) substitute—

2

An experimental traffic order may include provision empowering a specified officer of the authority who made the order, or a person authorised by such a specified officer, to modify or suspend the operation of the order or any provision of it if it appears to him essential—

a

in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic,

b

in the interests of providing suitable and adequate on-street parking facilities, or

c

for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the order runs.

The power conferred by such a provision shall be exercised only after consulting the appropriate chief officer of police and giving such public notice as the Secretary of State may direct.

3

For subsection (3) substitute—

3

Any such power to modify an experimental traffic order as is mentioned in subsection (2) above does not extend to making additions to the order or to designating additional on-street parking places for which charges are made; but subject to that the modifications may be of any description.