Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1960
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames) Permit Scheme Order 2011
Made
2nd August 2011
Coming into force
5th September 2011
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme under section 34(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004(1) makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(4) and (5) and 39(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames) Permit Scheme Order 2011 and comes into force on 5th September 2011.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “London Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and has been approved by the Secretary of State; and
“specified streets” has the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007(2).
Commencement of Permit Scheme
3. The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme comes into effect on 5th September 2011.
Application of Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007
4. Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 shall apply to the specified streets within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
2nd August 2011
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme.
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Richmond upon Thames by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 5th September 2011. The permit scheme referred to in this article is set out in the Schedule to the Order.
Article 4 applies Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (which makes provision for the disapplication and modification of enactments in relation to specified works in specified streets) to the specified works and specified streets within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme.
A copy of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames at Network Management and Street Care, the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Civic Centre, 44, York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ and is available to inspect on the Borough’s website www.Richmond.gov.uk.