Civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions
17.—(1) The functions of the constituent councils as enforcement authorities specified in the following enactments are exercisable by the Combined County Authority in relation to the enforcement area—
(a)Part 6 (civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions) of, and paragraph 10 (designation of civil enforcement areas for moving traffic contraventions) of Schedule 8 (civil enforcement areas and enforcement authorities outside Greater London) to, the 2004 Act;
(b)the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022(1);
(c)the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022(2).
(2) The functions are exercisable by the Combined County Authority (in relation to the enforcement area) concurrently with each constituent council (in relation to its civil enforcement area).
(3) Any exercise of the functions conferred by paragraph (1) requires the consent of each constituent council in whose area it is proposed that the functions are to be exercised.
(4) In this regulation—
(a)“civil enforcement area” means an area designated as a civil enforcement area under Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the 2004 Act (civil enforcement areas and enforcement authorities outside Greater London) which falls within the Area;
(b)“enforcement area” means the area comprising the civil enforcement areas of the constituent councils;
(c)“enforcement authority” means an enforcement authority for the purposes of Part 6 of the 2004 Act pursuant to paragraph 10(5) of Schedule 8 to that Act.
S.I. 2022/71, amended by S.I. 2022/686.