The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No.1585

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

ROAD TRAFFIC, ENGLAND

The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2007

Made

4th June 2007

Laid before Parliament

7th June 2007

Coming into force

3rd July 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144(3)(b) and (14) of the Transport Act 2000(1), makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2007.

Specification of approved local authorities

2.  The following authorities are specified as approved local authorities for the purposes of section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions):

(a) Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council(2);

(b) Leicestershire County Council(3); and

(c) South Gloucestershire Council(4).

Amendment to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005

3.—(1) The Schedule to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005(5) is amended as set out in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).

(2) After the row in the table relating to Essex County Council, insert the following row—

“Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

S.I. 2007/1583”

(3) After the row in the table relating to Leicester City Council, insert the following row—

“Leicestershire County Council

S.I. 2007/1582”

(4) After the row in the table relating to Somerset County Council, insert the following row—

“South Gloucestershire Council

S.I. 2007/1584”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G. Merron

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

4th June 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (“Gateshead”), Leicestershire County Council (“Leicestershire”) and South Gloucestershire Council (“South Gloucestershire”) as approved local authorities for these purposes.

The Order also makes consequential amendments to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2755) to add Gateshead, Leicestershire and South Gloucestershire to the list of approved local authorities set out in the Schedule to that Order.

No Regulatory Impact Assessments have 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 paid from the penalty charge income.

(1)

2000 c 38. See the definition “relevant national authority” in section 144(14).

(2)

The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1583) designates part of the Borough of Gateshead as a permitted and special parking area under paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40).

(3)

The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Leicestershire) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1582) designates part of the County of Leicestershire as a permitted and special parking area under paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991.

(4)

The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (South Gloucestershire) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1584) designates South Gloucestershire as a permitted and special parking area under paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991.

(5)

S.I. 2005/2755, to which there are no amendments relevant to this Order