The Road Traffic Act 1991(Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 2229 (C.45)

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Road Traffic Act 1991(Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993

Made

10th September 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84 of the Road Traffic Act 1991(1) hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1991 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and

“vehicle” has the meaning given by section 99(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2).

Amendment of Commencement No. 6 Order

2.  The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993(3) is amended as follows:—

(a) in article 1(4) after the word “if” where it first occurs there is inserted the word “it”; and

(b) in article 6—

(i) in paragraph (1) after the words “parking place” where those words first occur there are inserted the words “in the London borough of Wandsworth”; and

(ii) in paragraph (2) for the words “has been removed pursuant to any enactment” there are substituted the words “found in the London borough of Wandsworth has pursuant to any enactment been removed”.

Commencement and transitional provisions

3.  The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 in respect of the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham—

(a) section 64, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(b) section 65;

(c) section 66, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(d) section 69;

(e) section 81, to the extent necessary for bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 7 brought into force by this article; and

(f) paragraph 5 of Schedule 7, to the extent that that paragraph is not already in force.

4.  Subsections (4) and (6) of section 67 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsections thereby inserted in relation to vehicles found in the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham.

5.  Subsection (2)(b) of section 68 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsection thereby inserted in relation to the councils of the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham.

6.—(1) In relation to a vehicle that is stationary in a designated parking place in the London borough of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham or Lewisham immediately before 4th October 1993, section 66(2) of the 1991 Act shall have effect for so long as it remains in that parking place as if the words “on or after 4th October 1993” were inserted after—

(a) the word “left” in paragraph (a),

(b) the word “payable” in paragraph (b), and

(c) the word “has” in paragraph (c).

(2) Where a vehicle found in the London borough of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham or Lewisham has pursuant to any enactment been removed before 4th October 1993, sections 67 and 68 of the 1991 Act shall not apply in relation to that removal or to any storage or disposal of the vehicle as a consequence of that removal.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Steven Norris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Transport

10th September 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham, provisions relating to the enforcement of certain parking restrictions and makes minor amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of commencement	S.I. No.
ss.1 to 34	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
s.35	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	2nd March 1992	1992/199
ss.36 to 40	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
ss.41 and 42	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.43 (except in respect of Scotland)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
s.44	1st October 1991	1991/2054
ss.45 and 46	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
s.47	1st April 1992	1992/421
s.48 (partially)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	1st April 1992	1992/199
	1st April 1992	1992/421
	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
s.49	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
ss.50 to 63	1st October 1991	1991/2054
s.64(1) (in the London borough of Wandsworth)	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.64(2)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
s.65 (in the London borough of Wandsworth)	5th July 1993	1993/1461
ss.66(1) to (6) (in the London borough of Wandsworth)	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.66(7)
s.67(1) to (3), (5) and (7)	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.67(4) and (6) (in the London borough of Wandsworth)
s.68 (except s.68(2)(b)) s.68(2)(b) (in the London borough of Wandsworth)	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.69 (in the London borough of Wandsworth)	5th July 1993	1993/1461
ss.70 to 72	5th July 1993	1993/1461
ss.73 to 78	1st October 1991	1991/2054
s.79	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.80	1st October 1991	1991/2054
s.81 (partially)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
	5th July 1993	1993/1461
s.82	1st October 1991	1991/2054
s.83 (partially)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	1st April 1992	1992/421
	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
	5th July 1993	1993/1461
Schedule 1	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
Schedule 2	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
Schedule 3 (except in respect of Scotland)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
Schedule 4 (partially)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	1st April 1992	1992/199
	1st April 1992	1992/421
	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
Schedule 5	1st October 1991	1991/2054
Schedule 6	5th July 1993	1993/1461
Schedule 7 (partially)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	1st April 1992	1992/421
	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
	5th July 1993	1993/1461
Schedule 8 (partially)	1st October 1991	1991/2054
	1st April 1992	1992/421
	1st July 1992	1992/1286 as amended by 1992/1410
	5th July 1993	1993/1461

(1)

1991 c. 40.

(2)

1984 c. 27.

(3)

S.I. 1993/1461.