The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) Order 2019

Restricted access to M20 Motorway between Junctions [F1 10a] and 13 E+W+S

2.—(1) During a traffic restriction period, a relevant vehicle [F2 must not be used on the relevant length of carriageway unless] —

(a) the following conditions are satisfied—

(i) the driver has complied with any request or requirement, made during that journey by a traffic officer or a person employed by a company or body that is providing services to the Secretary of State or to Highways England Company Limited M1 , to produce border documents carried on the vehicle or by the driver; and

(ii) a valid cross-Channel permit is displayed in or on the vehicle while it is being used on the relevant length of carriageway and in such a position that in normal daylight the permit is easily visible from a position in front of the vehicle;

(b) the vehicle is normally kept at an operating centre in [F3 East] Kent and the driver of the vehicle, when requested by a specified person, produces an operator's licence and a valid local haulier permit, which both bear the address of that operating centre; F4 ...

(c) the vehicle is being used on the relevant length of carriageway—

(i) at the direction, or with the permission, of a specified person or an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 M2 ; or

(ii) in compliance with a direction displayed on a traffic sign placed on or near a road ; F5 ...

[F6 (d) the following conditions are satisfied—

(i) the driver of the vehicle has complied with any request or requirement, made during that journey by a traffic officer or a person employed by a company or body that is providing services to the Secretary of State, to allow an inspection of the vehicle;

(ii) a priority goods permit is displayed in or on the vehicle while it is being used on the relevant length of carriageway and in such a position that in normal daylight the permit is easily visible from a position in front of the vehicle; and

(iii) a reflective and adhesive sticker issued with the permit is affixed in a conspicuous place at the rear and front of the vehicle,

in a case where the Secretary of State gives notice in writing, which has not been withdrawn, that priority goods permits are to be issued in respect of a relevant vehicle that is carrying only priority goods] [F7 ; or

(e) the following conditions are satisfied—

(i) a priority food supply permit is displayed in or on the vehicle while it is being used on the relevant length of carriageway and in such a position that in normal daylight the permit is easily visible from a position in front of the vehicle; and

(ii) a reflective and adhesive sticker authorised by the permit is affixed in a conspicuous place at the rear and front of the vehicle,

in a case where the Secretary of State gives notice in writing, which has not been withdrawn, that priority food supply permits are to be issued in respect of a critical food supply vehicle]

(2) In this article—

F8 ...

“cross-Channel permit” and “local haulier permit” have the meaning given in article 7(1);

“the relevant length of carriageway” means the coastbound carriageway of the M20 Motorway between the last point where the exit slip road at [F9 Junction 10a] leaves the carriageway, as indicated by the markings on the carriageway, and the end of that carriageway at Junction 13 (Folkestone).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 2 heading substituted (1.12.2020) by The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(a); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

F2 Words in art. 2(1) substituted (1.12.2020) by The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(b); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

F3 Word in art. 2(1)(b) inserted (1.12.2020) by The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(c); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

F4 Word in art. 2 omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(d); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

F5 Word in art. 2(1) omitted (21.1.2021 at 5.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/109), arts. 1, 2(4)(a)

F6 Art. 2(1)(d) inserted (1.12.2020) by The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(f); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

F7 Art. 2(1)(e) and word inserted (21.1.2021 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/109), arts. 1, 2(4)(b)

F8 Words in art. 2(2) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(g)(i); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

F9 Words in art. 2(2) substituted (1.12.2020) by The Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1146), arts. 1, 2(4)(g)(ii); S.I. 2020/1386, art. 1(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 31.10.2019, see art 1(1); S.I. 2019/1388, art. 1(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 Company no. 09346363. Registered Office: Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ.

M2 1988 c. 52; section 66A was inserted by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), section 9(1), and amended by the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (c. 23), section 60(1) and Schedule 7, paragraph 11.