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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
Made
25 October 2010
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
3 November 2010
Coming into force
1 December 2010
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the National Assembly for Wales, by section 124(1) of, and paragraphs 21, 22, and 25 of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1), and now vested in them(2), and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 134(2)(3) of that Act, make the following Regulations.
1.-�(1) The title of these Regulations is the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2010. They come into force on 1 December 2010.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
2.-�(1) In regulation 18 of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996(4), after paragraph (4), insert the following-�
-�(4A) Nothing in this regulation requires the placing of any traffic sign on or near a road, or the maintenance of such signs, in a special enforcement area in Wales, for the purpose of providing information to road users as to the effect of section 85 or 86 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 in that area.-�.
(2) In regulation 18, paragraph (5), delete the words -�In paragraph (4)-� and replace with -�In paragraphs (4) and (4A)-�.
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers
25 October 2010
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 in relation to Wales.
Sections 85 and 86 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 impose prohibitions on double parking and parking at dropped or raised footways in special enforcement areas designated under that Act.
Sections 85(8) and 86(9) of the 2004 Act provide that prohibitions are enforceable as if imposed by orders under section 1 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulation 18 of the 1996 Regulations so as to provide that there is no requirement to place and maintain traffic signs to indicate the effect of sections 85 or 86 on roads in a special enforcement area in Wales.
No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument as it has no significant effect on the cost to business and the voluntary sector.
1984 c. 27. Paragraph 21 was amended by paragraph 4(39)(i) of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and by Part II of Schedule 8 and paragraph 80 of Schedule 9 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22). Paragraph 25 was amended by Part II of Schedule 8 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
The functions of the Secretary of State under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
Section 134(2) was amended by paragraph 77 of Part II of Schedule 8 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. Other amendments have been made which are not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 1996/2489, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
