Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

London lorries: emergency permits U.K.

10 (1) This paragraph applies where a person proposes to undertake a journey before the end of the next complete eight working days, being a journey— U.K.

(a) proposed to be undertaken in connection with the carrying out of authorised works, and

(b) for which a permit under the London Lorry Ban Order will be required.

(2) The person may apply for a permit under the Order for the journey by giving the details mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) below to the authority concerned by telephone or by means of facsimile transmission.

(3) The details referred to above are—

(a) the identity of the applicant,

(b) a number on which he can be contacted by telephone or by means of facsimile transmission,

(c) the registration number of the vehicle to which the application relates,

(d) the authorised works in connection with which the journey is to be undertaken,

(e) whether any approved arrangements are relevant to the application, and, if so, what they are,

(f) the date when the journey is proposed to be undertaken,

(g) if it is proposed to stop anywhere in Greater London for the purpose of making a delivery or collection, the place or places at which, and the time or times when, it is proposed to stop for that purpose.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “approved arrangements”, “authorised works” and “the London Lorry Ban Order” have the same meanings as in paragraph 9 above; and

• “working day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in England and Wales under the M1 Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c. 80.

11 (1) An authority responsible for dealing with applications for permits under the London Lorry Ban Order shall make arrangements enabling applications under paragraph 10 above to be made at any time. U.K.

(2) Once an application for a permit has been made under paragraph 10 above, then, for the purpose of any relevant journey, the application shall be treated as granted subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may by order specify for the purposes of this provision.

(3) A journey is a relevant journey for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above if it is begun before the authority to which the application is made has communicated its decision on the application to the applicant by telephone or by means of facsimile transmission.

(4) If an application under paragraph 10 above has been granted, or is treated as granted, then, while the vehicle concerned is undertaking a journey covered by the application, paragraph 4 of the London Lorry Ban Order and of the Westminster Lorry Ban Order shall have effect in relation to it with the substitution for paragraph (a) of—

“(a) in relation to any goods vehicle being driven by any person in a restricted street during the prescribed hours in respect of which an application under paragraph 10 of Schedule 10 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 has been granted, or is treated as granted, provided that any conditions subject to which the application is granted, or treated as granted, are complied with; or”.

(5) The power to make an order under sub-paragraph (2) above includes—

(a) power to make different provision for different cases, and

(b) power to make an order varying or revoking any order previously made under that provision.

(6) In this paragraph—

• “the London Lorry Ban Order” has the same meaning as in paragraph 9 above; and

• “the Westminster Lorry Ban Order” means the City of Westminster (Restriction of Goods Vehicles) Traffic Order 1992.