2012 No. 785

Highways, England

The Traffic Management (St Helens Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme under section 34(2) of the Traffic Management Act 20041 makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(4) and (5) and 39(2) of that Act.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (St Helens Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012 and comes into force on 10th April 2012.

Interpretation2

In this Order—

  • “the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme ” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “Merseyside Authorities Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by St Helens Borough 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 20072.

Commencement of Permit Scheme3

The St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 10th April 2012.

Application of Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 20074

Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 shall apply to the specified streets within the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman BakerParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport

SCHEDULETHE ST HELENS PERMIT SCHEME

Article 2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme.

The St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in St Helens by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from St Helens Borough Council before undertaking the works.

Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 10th April 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 St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme.

A copy of the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of the St Helens Borough Council, Environmental Protection Department, Engineering, 4th Floor, Wesley House, St Helens, WA10 1HF and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.sthelens.gov.uk.