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Local Transport Act 2008

Section 127: Civil enforcement of traffic contraventions: meaning of “local authority”

313.This section amends provisions in Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18). The effect of the amendments is to provide a power for non-metropolitan district councils to appoint new civil enforcement officers for the purposes of sections 76, 85, 86 and 87 of that Act.

314.The relevant provisions in Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 extend to England and Wales, but are of practical relevance only in England because there are no two-tier authorities in Wales.

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