EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Wigan Borough Council Permit Scheme.
The Wigan Borough Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Wigan by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from Wigan Borough Council 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 Wigan Borough Council Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Wigan Borough Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of Wigan Borough Council, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.wigan.gov.uk.