Citation and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

(2) In this Order-

"the 1991 Act" means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and

"vehicle" has the meaning given by section 99(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2).

Amendment of Commencement No. 6 Order

2. The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993(3) is amended as follows:-

(a)in article 1(4) after the word "if" where it first occurs there is inserted the word "it"; and

(b)in article 6-

(i)in paragraph (1) after the words "parking place" where those words first occur there are inserted the words "in the London borough of Wandsworth"; and

(ii)in paragraph (2) for the words "has been removed pursuant to any enactment" there are substituted the words "found in the London borough of Wandsworth has pursuant to any enactment been removed".

Commencement and transitional provisions

3. The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 in respect of the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham-

(a)section 64, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(b)section 65;

(c)section 66, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(d)section 69;

(e)section 81, to the extent necessary for bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 7 brought into force by this article; and

(f)paragraph 5 of Schedule 7, to the extent that that paragraph is not already in force.

4. Subsections (4) and (6) of section 67 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsections thereby inserted in relation to vehicles found in the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham.

5. Subsection (2)(b) of section 68 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 4th October 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsection thereby inserted in relation to the councils of the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham.

6.-(1) In relation to a vehicle that is stationary in a designated parking place in the London borough of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham or Lewisham immediately before 4th October 1993, section 66(2) of the 1991 Act shall have effect for so long as it remains in that parking place as if the words "on or after 4th October 1993" were inserted after-

(a)the word "left" in paragraph (a),

(b)the word "payable" in paragraph (b), and

(c)the word "has" in paragraph (c).

(2) Where a vehicle found in the London borough of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham or Lewisham has pursuant to any enactment been removed before 4th October 1993, sections 67 and 68 of the 1991 Act shall not apply in relation to that removal or to any storage or disposal of the vehicle as a consequence of that removal.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in the London boroughs of Bromley, Hammersmith and Fulham and Lewisham, provisions relating to the enforcement of certain parking restrictions and makes minor amendments to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)