Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 540
Highways, England
The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Transport for London) Order 2021
Made
29th April 2021
Coming into force
1st May 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 74A(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Transport for London) Order 2021.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
(3) This Order shall come into force on 1st May 2021.
Approval of local highway authority
2. The Secretary of State approves Transport for London 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 Transport for London Lane Rental Scheme which was submitted to the Secretary of State on 13th January 2021 and approved by him.
Revocation and transitional provisions
3. —(1) The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Transport for London) Order 2012( 3 ) (“the 2012 Order”) is revoked.
(2) The revocation of the 2012 Order shall not affect any proceedings for the recovery of any charges that—
(a) were due in accordance with the previous Lane Rental Scheme before the date on which this Order comes into force; or
(b) are due in accordance with the previous Lane Rental Scheme by virtue of the transitional arrangements in the new Lane Rental Scheme.
(3) In this article—
“the new Lane Rental Scheme” means the Transport for London Lane Rental Scheme referred to in article 2;
“the previous Lane Rental Scheme” means the Transport for London Lane Rental Scheme referred to in the 2012 Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Vere
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
29th April 2021
1991 c.22 . Section 74A was inserted by section 255 of the Transport Act 2000 (c.38) and amended by section 40 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18) and paragraph 120 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7) .
S.I. 2012/425 . The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012 were amended by regulation 2(2) of the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018/215 and paragraph 55 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7) .