1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Approved Devices) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2008. It comes into force on 22 May 2008, and applies in relation to Wales.
(2) In this Order—
“EEA state” (“Gwladwriaeth AEE”) means a state within the European Economic Area;
“the specified requirements” (“y gofynion a bennir”) means the requirements specified in the Schedule to this Order; and
“the statutory purposes” (“y dibenion statudol”) means the purposes of regulations relating to the civil enforcement of parking contraventions under section 72(4)(a) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
2.—(1) A device is an approved device for the statutory purposes, if it is of a type which has been certified by the Welsh Ministers as one which meets the specified requirements.
(2) A device will be taken to meet the specified requirements where evidence has been produced that satisfies the Welsh Ministers that the device in question has been found by a competent authority in an EEA state to meet the requirements of an EEA standard which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by the specified requirements.
(3) In paragraph (2) “EEA standard” (“safon AEE”) means—
(a)a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent of any EEA state;
(b)any international standard recognised for use as standard or code of practice by any EEA state; or
(c)a technical specification recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA state.
3. The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Approved Devices) (Wales) Order 2008(1) is hereby revoked.
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Minister for the Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers
29 April 2008