Traffic Management Act 2004

31 Interpretation of Part 2 E+W

In this Part—

• “appropriate national authority” means—

  (a)

  the Secretary of State, as respects England; and

  (b)

  the National Assembly for Wales, as respects Wales;

• “intervention notice” means a notice under section 20;

• “intervention order” means an order under section 21;

• “local traffic authority” means a traffic authority other than the Secretary of State[F1 , a strategic highways company] or the National Assembly for Wales;

• “London authority” means Transport for London, a London borough Council or the Common Council of the City of London;

• “Mayor” means the Mayor of London;

• “road” means any length of highway or of any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;

• “road network”, in relation to [F2 a strategic highways company or] a local traffic authority, means the network of roads for which [F3 the company or] the authority is the traffic authority;

• “traffic” includes pedestrians;

• “traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27);

• [F4 “ network management authority ” has the meaning given in section 16(1); ]

• “network management duty” has the meaning given in section 16(3).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(2); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F2 Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(3)(a); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F3 Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(3)(b); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F4 Words in s. 31 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 147(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 31 in force at 4.1.2005 for E. by S.I. 2004/3110, art. 2(a)

I2 S. 31 in force at 26.10.2006 for W. by S.I. 2006/2826, art. 2(1)(2)(b)