Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) Permit Scheme Order 2012 and comes into force on 14th January 2013.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule in terms commonly known as the “London Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 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(1).

Commencement of Permit Scheme

3.  The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme comes into effect on 14th January 2013.

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 Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman Baker

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

10th December 2012