Welsh Statutory Instruments
Road Traffic, Wales
Made
10 July 2013
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
12 July 2013
Coming into force
1 October 2013
This Order is made by the Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the National Assembly for Wales by paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004(1) and now vested in them(2).
Flintshire County Council has applied to the Welsh Ministers for an Order to be made under these powers with respect to part of its area.
The Welsh Ministers have consulted the chief officer of North Wales Police in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 8(3) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Accordingly, the Welsh Ministers make this Order.
The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under the Traffic Management Act 2004 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c.32). By virtue of section 92 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, the National Assembly for Wales was designated as the appropriate national authority as regards Wales, for the purposes of Part 6 of that Act.