Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1147
Highways, England
The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Kent County Council) Order 2013
Made
15th May 2013
Coming into force
28th May 2013
The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 74A(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Kent County Council) Order 2013 and comes into force on 28th May 2013.
Approval of local highway authority
2. The Secretary of State approves Kent County Council for the purpose of requiring charges to be paid under the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012( 2 ) in accordance with the Kent Lane Rental Scheme which was submitted to the Secretary of State on 17th October 2012 and approved.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
15th May 2013
1991 c.22 . Section 74A was inserted by the Transport Act 2000 (c.38) , section 255 and amended by the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18) , section 40. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 74A and 104 are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, vested in the Welsh Ministers. Those functions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ), article 2, Schedule 1. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) , they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.