272 GLA side roads.E+W+S
After section 124 of the M1Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 there shall be inserted—
“124A GLA side roads.
(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 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 M2Highways 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;
(b)in relation to an order made by the Greater London Authority under section 14B of the M3Highways Act 1980, as applied under subsection (6) above, the Mayor of London; and
(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
(b)an order made by the Greater London Authority under section 14B of the M4Highways Act 1980, as applied by an order under subsection (6) above.
(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.
(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.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 272 wholly in force at 12.1.2001; by virtue of s. 425(2) it is provided that the Act is in force at Royal Assent in regards to any power of a Minister of the Crown to make regulations or an order; s. 272 in force at 12.1.2000 by S.I. 1999/3434, art. 2
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