The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)

73.—(1) The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 121A (traffic authorities)(1)–

(a) in subsection (1), for paragraph (b) there is substituted–

“(b) for every road in Scotland in relation to which he exercises functions relating to the matters reserved by paragraph (c) of Section E1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998.”; and

(b) after subsection (1) there is inserted–

“(1A) The Scottish Ministers are the traffic authority for every road in Scotland for which they are the roads authority within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.”.

(1)

Section 121A was inserted by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168(1), Schedule 8, paragraph 70.