The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Traffic Order 1998

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

(a) a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this order so numbered;

(b) causing includes permitting;

(c) “carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980(1);

(d) “vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;

(e) “bus”, “local bus”, “pedal cycle”, “taxi”, “bus lane”, “contra-flow” and “with-flow lane” have the meanings given in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994(2);

(f) “dial-a-ride bus” means a vehicle—

(i) displaying so as to be conspicuous on the outside of the vehicle a logo in a form approved by or with the authority of the Traffic Director for London and containing the words “dial-a-ride”; and

(ii) constructed or adapted for the carriage of disabled persons and their companions and which is being used to provide a service for the carriage of such persons;

(g) “times of operation” means, in relation to a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule, the times specified in that item in column (3) of that table;

(h) “permitted vehicles” means, in relation to a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule, the vehicles specified in that item in column (5) of that table;

(i) an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in the table in the schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule.

(1)

1980 c. 66.

(2)

S.I. 1994/1519.