Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 538
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Bedfordshire) (Districts of Mid-Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire) (Amendment) Order 2004
Made
1st March 2004
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2004
Coming into force
5th April 2004
Whereas Bedfordshire County Council has applied to the Secretary of State for an order to be made under paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991( 1 ) with respect to part of their area and the Secretary of State has consulted the Chief Constable of the Bedfordshire Police in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 1(3) and 2(3) of that Schedule;
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Bedfordshire) (Districts of Mid-Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 5th April 2004.
Amendment of principal Order
2. —(1) The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Bedfordshire) (Districts of Mid-Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire) Order 2004( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) For article 3(2)(c), substitute—
“ (c) the A5—
(i) from the southern boundary of the district to its junction with Beech Road, Dunstable;
(ii) from its junction with French’s Avenue, Dunstable, to its junction with the road to Tebworth, south of Hockliffe;
(iii) from the former junction with Church Lane, north of Hockliffe, to the north western boundary of the district. ”
(3) In paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1, for the definition of “parking authority” substitute—
“ “parking authority”—
(a)in relation to—
(i)a parking place provided or authorised under section 32(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ( 3 ) , or designated under section 45 of that Act, or
(ii)a vehicle that is or was stationary in such a parking place,
means the authority (Bedfordshire County Council, Mid-Bedfordshire District Council or South Bedfordshire District Council) by whom the parking place was provided, authorised or designated, and
(b)in relation to any other place, or a vehicle that is or was stationary in any other place, means Bedfordshire County Council; ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
1st March 2004
1991 c. 40 . Schedule 3 was amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Amendment of Schedule 3) (England and Wales) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/500 ) and by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Special Parking Areas) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/859 ) as regards England.
S.I. 2004/13 .
1984 c. 27 . Section 32(4)(a) was amended by the Local Government Act 1985, Schedule 7. Section 45(1) was substituted by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) , Schedule 8, paragraph 44.