The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005

Made28th September 2005

Laid before Parliament11th October 2005

Coming into force1st November 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144(3)(b) and (14) of the Transport Act 20001, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st November 2005.

Approved local authorities2.

Each authority listed in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, whose area is wholly or partially designated by order under paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 19912 (permitted and special parking areas outside London)3, of which the reference number is given in column (2) of the Schedule, is an approved local authority for the purposes of section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Karen Buck

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

28th September 2005

SCHEDULEAPPROVED LOCAL AUTHORITIES

(1)	(2)
Name of authority	S.I. numbers of relevant orders and of any amending orders
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	2005/1385
Bath & North East Somerset Council	2003/95
Bedfordshire County Council	2000/2871; 2004/13 and 538
Birmingham City Council	2001/2883
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	2004/2260
Blackpool Borough Council	2003/2677
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	2000/2169
Bournemouth Borough Council	2001/2819
Brighton & Hove City Council	2001/2272
Bristol City Council	2000/699
Buckinghamshire County Council	1997/56; 2003/1262; 2005/2151
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	2002/2188
Cambridgeshire County Council	2004/2424
Coventry City Council	2005/378
Cumbria County Council	2001/2818 and 3565; 2002/276 and 2520; 2003/2152 and 2334
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	2005/1383
Dorset County Council	2002/1484, 1485, 1486, 1504 and 2705; 2003/251
East Sussex County Council	1999/1112, 2004/2111
Essex County Council	2002/2183, 2184; 2185; 2186 and 2440; 2003/634, 635 and 2440; 2004/2194
Hampshire County Council	1996/1171 and 2017; 1999/132; 2002/1351, 1352 and 2187; 2003/2336; 2004/2188; 2005/233
Hartlepool Borough Council	2005/1438
Herefordshire Council	2001/3397
Hertfordshire County Council	1997/2304; 2001/1789; 2003/2326; 2004/2212, 3246 and 3310; 2005/405, 452 and 779
Kent County Council	1997/2078; 1999/130, 639, 3314, 3401, 3402, 3403, 3404 and 3405; 2000/722, 2120 and 2430; 2001/1 and 1855
Lancashire County Council	2004/2028
Leeds City Council	2005/95
Liverpool City Council	2002/1353
Luton Borough Council	1998/3207
Manchester City Council	1999/131
Medway Council	1999/3313
Middlesbrough Borough Council	2003/1984
Milton Keynes Council	2002/421
Norfolk County Council	2002/37
North Yorkshire County Council	2002/1621
Northamptonshire County Council	2001/1856
Nottingham City Council	2002/2012
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	2001/3058
Oxfordshire County Council	1996/2650
Peterborough City Council	2003/2153
Plymouth City Council	2001/787
Poole Borough Council	2002/422
Portsmouth City Council	1999/768
Reading Borough Council	2000/1719
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council	2003/1261
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	2004/1402
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	2005/1384
Salford City Council	2001/894
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	2000/791
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	2000/8
Sheffield City Council	2005/194
Slough Borough Council	2003/898
Somerset County Council	2001/180
Southampton City Council	2002/126
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	2001/1427
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council	2005/81
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	2005/2155
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	2001/3059
Sunderland City Council	2002/3266
Suffolk County Council	2005/2362
Surrey County Council	2004/914, 1278, 1285 and 2616; 2005/388, 403 and 1645
Swindon Borough Council	2003/1924
Thurrock Borough Council	2005/370
Torbay Council	2005/387
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	2000/3317
Warwickshire County Council	2004/2193
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council	2004/1305
Wiltshire County Council	2001/849
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	2003/2711
Worcestershire County Council	2002/3265; 2004/2263
York City Council	2000/2534

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2757) made under section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 provide for the enforcement of bus lane restrictions through the imposition, by approved local authorities, of penalty charges in respect of contraventions of such restrictions. This Order specifies the authorities listed in column (1) of the Schedule as approved local authorities for the purposes of section 144.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been undertaken, since the Order is concerned with the enforcement of existing traffic restrictions and prohibitions and does not therefore constitute an additional burden on business. The costs incurred by local authorities undertaking enforcement are expected to be defrayed by penalty charge income.