Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1294
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (Sheffield City Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012
Made
10th May 2012
Coming into force
12th June 2012
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Sheffield City Council 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 (Sheffield City Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012 and comes into force on 12th June 2012.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme ” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “Yorkshire Common Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Sheffield City Council 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 Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 12th June 2012.
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 Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
10th May 2012
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme.
The Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Sheffield by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from Sheffield City Council before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 12th June 2012. 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 Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Sheffield City Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of Sheffield City Council, Network Management, 2-10 Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield, S9 2DB and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.sheffield.gov.uk.
2004. c.18.