The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Bridgend) Designation Order 2013

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 53 (W.12)

ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES

The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Bridgend) Designation Order 2013

Made

14 January 2013

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

17 January 2013

Coming into force

1 April 2013

This Order is made by the Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the power 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).

Bridgend County Borough 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 the South 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.

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough of Bridgend) Designation Order 2013.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2013 and applies in relation to Wales.

Designation of civil enforcement area and special enforcement area

2.  The Welsh Ministers designate the area described in the Schedule as—

(a) a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions; and

(b) a special enforcement area.

Carl Sargeant

Minister for Local Government and Communities, one of the Welsh Ministers

14 January 2013

Article 2

SCHEDULE Area designated as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and a special enforcement area

This Order applies to the whole of the County Borough of Bridgend with the exception of the M4 Motorway and its slip roads including all northern and southern slip roads and circulatory carriageways at junction 35 (A473); Junction 36 (A4061) and Junction 37 (A4229).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the area described in the Schedule as a civil enforcement area and a special enforcement area for the purposes of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. The practical effect of the Order is to enable the Council of the County Borough of Bridgend to enforce parking contraventions within the area described in the Schedule to the Order through a civil law regime, as opposed to enforcement by police or traffic wardens in a criminal law context.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment and Explanatory Memorandum can be obtained from the Orders Branch, Transport, Local Government and Communities, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ or on the National Assembly for Wales website at

http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/buslegislation/bus/bus-legislation-sub/bus-legislation-sub-annulment.htm

(1)

2004 c. 18.

(2)

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.