Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 551
local government, england
road traffic, england
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) Order 2007
Made
26th February 2007
Laid before Parliament
28th February 2007
Coming into force
27th March 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144(3)(b) and (14) of the Transport Act 2000( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 27th March 2007.
Specification of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council as an approved local authority
2. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is specified as an approved local authority for the purposes of section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 (civil penalties for bus lane contraventions)( 2 ).
Amendment to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005
3. —(1)The Schedule to the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005( 3 ) shall be amended as set out in paragraph (2).
(2) After the row in the table relating to Swindon Borough Council there shall be inserted the following row—
| “ Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | S.I. 2007/547 ” |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
G. Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
26th February 2007
2000 c.38 . See the definition “relevant national authority” in section 144(14).
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Tameside) Order 2007 (S.I. S.I.2007/547 ) designates part of the metropolitan borough of Tameside as a permitted and special parking area under paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(3) of Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40) .
S.I. 2005/2755 , to which there are no amendments relevant to this Order.