2015 No. 34
Highways, England

The Traffic Management (Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2015

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Knowsley Metropolitan 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 (Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd March 2015.

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Knowsley Metropolitan 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 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 2nd March 2015.

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 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Permit Scheme.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport

SCHEDULETHE KNOWSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME

Article 2

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Permit Scheme.

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

Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 2nd March 2015. 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 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Permit Scheme.

A copy of the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at Municipal Buildings, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside L36 9YU and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/transport-planning.