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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006

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15Traffic regulation orders: enforcement

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(1)Despite the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) (prosecution and punishment of road traffic offences) the maximum fine in respect of contravention of an order made by virtue of section 14(1) shall be level 5 on the standard scale.

(2)Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18) (civil enforcement) shall apply in relation to a contravention of an order made by virtue of section 14(1) or (4) as it applies in relation to the contraventions specified in Schedule 7 to that Act.

(3)In the application of Part 6 of that Act to a contravention of an order made by virtue of section 14(1) or (4) the provisions of Schedule 9 (level of charges) shall have effect as if—

(a)the references in paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 to Transport for London and the London local authorities were references to the Olympic Delivery Authority,

(b)the requirement in paragraph 2(3) were a requirement for the Olympic Delivery Authority to consult Transport for London and the London local authorities,

(c)the reference in paragraph 3 to the Mayor of London were a reference to the Secretary of State,

(d)paragraph 4 were omitted, and

(e)the reference in paragraph 7 to the enforcement authority were a reference to the Authority.

(4)The Secretary of State may direct the enforcement authority for a road to exercise its powers under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 in respect of contravention of an order made by virtue of section 14(1) or (4).

(5)If the enforcement authority in relation to a road is Transport for London, the Secretary of State may give a direction under subsection (4) only with the consent of the Mayor of London.

(6)If an enforcement authority in relation to a road fails to comply with a direction under subsection (4), the Olympic Delivery Authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, act as the enforcement authority in relation to that road.

(7)If the Authority acts as the enforcement authority in relation to a road by virtue of subsection (6), it may recover from the enforcement authority, as if it were a debt, the reasonable cost of acting.

(8)An expression used in this section and in Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 shall have the same meaning in this section as in that Part.

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