Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 811
Highways, England
The Traffic Management (The Council of the City of Manchester) Permit Scheme Order 2013
Made
28th March 2013
Coming into force
29th April 2013
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Council of the City of Manchester 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 (The Council of the City of Manchester) Permit Scheme Order 2013 and comes into force on 29th April 2013.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme ” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “Greater Manchester Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by The Council of the City of Manchester 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 Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme comes into effect on 29th April 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 Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
28th March 2013
Article 2
SCHEDULETHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER PERMIT SCHEME
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme.
The Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Manchester by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from the Council of the City of Manchester before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 29th April 2013. 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 Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Council of the City of Manchester Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of The Council of the City of Manchester, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.manchester.gov.uk.
2004. c.18.