Road Traffic Act 1991

In section 8(3) of the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (commencement) for the words from the beginning to the end of paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the words “ Paragraphs 15 to 20 of Schedule 2 to this Act ”.

SCHEDULE 5

Status

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The Traffic Director for London shall be a corporation sole.

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The Director shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown; and the Director’s property shall not be regarded as property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown.

Tenure of office

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• (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the Director shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

• (2) The Director shall be appointed for a term not exceeding five years.

• (3) At the end of a term of appointment the Director shall be eligible for re-appointment.

• (4) The Director may at any time resign his office by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State.

• (5) The Secretary of State may remove the Director from office—

• (a) if a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate has been sequestrated or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or

• (b) if satisfied that he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his functions.

• (6) The Director’s terms of appointment may provide for his removal from office (without assigning cause) on notice from the Secretary of State of such length as may be specified in those terms, subject, if those terms so provide, to compensation of such amount as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

Remuneration etc

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• (1) There shall be paid to the Director such remuneration and such travelling and other allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.

• (2) In the case of any such holder of the office of Director as may be determined by the Secretary of State, there shall be paid such pension, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of him, or such payments towards the provision of a pension, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of him, as may be so determined.

• (3) If the Secretary of State determines that there are special circumstances which make it right that a person ceasing to hold office as Director should receive compensation, there may be paid to him a sum by way of compensation of such amount as the Secretary of State may determine.

• (4) Sub-paragraph (3) above does not apply in the case of a person who receives compensation by virtue of paragraph 3(6) above.

• (5) The approval of the Treasury shall be required for the making of a determination under this paragraph.

Staff

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• (1) The Director shall act only with the approval of the Secretary of State, given with the approval of the Treasury, in determining—

• (a) the number of persons to be employed by him;

• (b) the remuneration, allowances and gratuities to be paid to or in respect of such persons; and

• (c) any other terms and conditions of their service.

• (2) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment to be done by the Director may be done by any person employed by him who has been authorised by the Director, whether generally or specially, for that purpose.

• (3) Employment by the Director shall be included among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 may apply; and, accordingly, in Schedule 1 to that Act (in which those kinds of employment are listed) at the end of the list of “Other Bodies” there shall be inserted—

Employment by the Traffic Director for London.

• (4) The Director shall pay to the Treasury, at such times as the Treasury may direct, such sums as the Treasury may determine in respect of the increase in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under that Act attributable to sub-paragraph (3) above.

• (5) Where an employee of the Director who is (by reference to that employment) a participant in a scheme under section 1 of that Act, becomes a holder of the office of Director, the Treasury may determine that his term of office shall be treated for the purposes of the scheme as employment by the Director (whether or not any benefits are payable to or in respect of him by virtue of paragraph 4(2) above).

Financial provisions

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The remuneration of the Director and any other payments made under paragraphs 3(6) or 4 above to or in respect of him shall be paid out of grants made by the Secretary of State under section 80(2) of this Act.

Accounts

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• (1) The Director shall keep accounts and shall prepare a statement of accounts in respect of each financial year.

• (2) The accounts shall be kept, and the statement shall be prepared, in such form as the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, direct.

• (3) The accounts shall be audited by persons appointed in respect of each financial year by the Secretary of State.

• (4) No person shall be qualified to be appointed as auditor under this paragraph unless he is—

• (a) a member of a body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised for the purposes of Part II of the Companies Act 1989; or

• (b) a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy;

but a firm may be appointed as auditor under this paragraph if each of its members is qualified to be so appointed.

• (5) In this paragraph, and in paragraph 8 below, “financial year” means—

• (a) the period beginning with the day on which the first person to hold the office of Director takes office and ending with the following 31st March; and

• (b) each subsequent period of twelve months ending with 31st March.

Annual report etc

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• (1) As soon as possible after the end of each financial year, the Director shall submit to the Secretary of State an annual report on the discharge in that year of his functions.

• (2) Each report shall contain a copy of the statement of accounts prepared and audited under paragraph 7 above in respect of that financial year.

• (3) The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the Director’s annual report before each House of Parliament.

• (4) The Director shall provide the Secretary of State with such information relating to his property and the discharge and proposed discharge of his functions as the Secretary of State may require; and for that purpose shall—

• (a) permit any person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State to make copies of any accounts or other documents; and

• (b) give such explanation as may be required of any such accounts or documents.

Evidence

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A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Director or to be signed on the Director’s behalf shall be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so executed or signed.

Public records

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In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in Part II of the Table in paragraph 3 the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place— “ Traffic Director for London ”.

The Parliamentary Commissioner

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In the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, in Schedule 2 (departments and authorities subject to investigation), the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place— “ Traffic Director for London. ”

Parliamentary disqualification

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• (1) In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices), the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place—

Traffic Director for London.

• (2) The same entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.

SCHEDULE 6

The notice to owner

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• (1) Where—

• (a) a penalty charge notice has been issued with respect to a vehicle under section 66 of this Act; and

• (b) the period of 28 days for payment of the penalty charge has expired without that charge being paid,

the London authority concerned may serve a notice (“a notice to owner”) on the person who appears to them to have been the owner of the vehicle when the alleged contravention occurred.

• (2) A notice to owner must state—

• (a) the amount of the penalty charge payable;

• (b) the grounds on which the parking attendant who issued the penalty charge notice believed that a penalty charge was payable with respect to the vehicle;

• (c) that the penalty charge must be paid before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice to owner is served;

• (d) that failure to pay the penalty charge may lead to an increased charge being payable;

• (e) the amount of that increased charge;

• (f) that the person on whom the notice is served (“the recipient”) may be entitled to make representations under paragraph 2 below; and

• (g) the effect of paragraph 5 below.

• (3) The Secretary of State may prescribe additional matters which must be dealt with in any notice to owner.

Representations against notice to owner

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• (1) Where it appears to the recipient that one or other of the grounds mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) below are satisfied, he may make representations to that effect to the London authority who served the notice on him.

• (2) Any representations under this paragraph must be made in such form as may be specified by the London authorities, acting through the Joint Committee.

• (3) The authority may disregard any such representations which are received by them after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice to owner was served.

• (4) The grounds are—

• (a) that the recipient—

• (i) never was the owner of the vehicle in question;

• (ii) had ceased to be its owner before the date on which the alleged contravention occurred; or

• (iii) became its owner after that date;

• (b) that the alleged contravention did not occur;

• (c) that the vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in the parking place by a person who was in control of the vehicle without the consent of the owner;

• (d) that the relevant designation order is invalid;

• (e) that the recipient is a vehicle-hire firm and—

• (i) the vehicle in question was at the material time hired from that firm under a vehicle hiring agreement; and

• (ii) the person hiring it had signed a statement of liability acknowledging his liability in respect of any penalty charge notice fixed to the vehicle during the currency of the hiring agreement;

• (f) that the penalty charge exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case.

• (5) Where the ground mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(a)(ii) above is relied on in any representations made under this paragraph, those representations must include a statement of the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle was disposed of by the person making the representations (if that information is in his possession).

• (6) Where the ground mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(a)(iii) above is relied on in any representations made under this paragraph, those representations must include a statement of the name and address of the person from whom the vehicle was acquired by the person making the representations (if that information is in his possession).

• (7) It shall be the duty of an authority to whom representations are duly made under this paragraph—

• (a) to consider them and any supporting evidence which the person making them provides; and

• (b) to serve on that person notice of their decision as to whether they accept that the ground in question has been established.

Cancellation of notice to owner

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• (1) Where representations are made under paragraph 2 above and the London authority concerned accept that the ground in question has been established they shall—

• (a) cancel the notice to owner; and

• (b) state in the notice served under paragraph 2(7) above that the notice to owner has been cancelled.

• (2) The cancellation of a notice to owner under this paragraph shall not be taken to prevent the London authority concerned serving a fresh notice to owner on another person.

• (3) Where the ground that is accepted is that mentioned in paragraph 2(4)(e) above, the person hiring the vehicle shall be deemed to be its owner for the purposes of this Schedule.

Rejection of representations against notice to owner

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Where any representations are made under paragraph 2 above but the London authority concerned do not accept that a ground has been established, the notice served under paragraph 2(7) above (“the notice of rejection”) must—

• (a) state that a charge certificate may be served under paragraph 6 below unless before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice of rejection—

• (i) the penalty charge is paid; or

• (ii) the person on whom the notice is served appeals to a parking adjudicator against the penalty charge;

• (b) indicate the nature of a parking adjudicator’s power to award costs against any person appealing to him; and

• (c) describe in general terms the form and manner in which an appeal to a parking adjudicator must be made,

and may contain such other information as the authority consider appropriate.

Adjudication by parking adjudicator

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• (1) Where an authority serve notice under sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 2 above, that they do not accept that a ground on which representations were made under that paragraph has been established, the person making those representations may, before—

• (a) the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of that notice; or

• (b) such longer period as a parking adjudicator may allow,

appeal to a parking adjudicator against the authority’s decision.

• (2) On an appeal under this paragraph, the parking adjudicator shall consider the representations in question and any additional representations which are made by the appellant on any of the grounds mentioned in paragraph 2(4) above and may give the London authority concerned such directions as he considers appropriate.

• (3) It shall be the duty of any authority to whom a direction is given under sub-paragraph (2) above to comply with it forthwith.

Charge certificates

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• (1) Where a notice to owner is served on any person and the penalty charge to which it relates is not paid before the end of the relevant period, the authority serving the notice may serve on that person a statement (a “charge certificate”) to the effect that the penalty charge in question is increased by 50 per cent.

• (2) The relevant period, in relation to a notice to owner, is the period of 28 days beginning—

• (a) where no representations are made under paragraph 2 above, with the date on which the notice to owner is served;

• (b) where—

• (i) such representations are made;

• (ii) a notice of rejection is served by the authority concerned; and

• (iii) no appeal against the notice of rejection is made,

with the date on which the notice of rejection is served; or

• (c) where there has been an unsuccessful appeal against a notice of rejection, with the date on which notice of the adjudicator’s decision is served on the appellant.

• (3) Where an appeal against a notice of rejection is made but is withdrawn before the adjudicator gives notice of his decision, the relevant period in relation to a notice to owner is the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the appeal is withdrawn.

Enforcement of charge certificate

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Where a charge certificate has been served on any person and the increased penalty charge provided for in the certificate is not paid before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the certificate is served, the authority concerned may, if a county court so orders, recover the increased charge as if it were payable under a county court order.

Invalid notices

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• (1) This paragraph applies where—

• (a) a county court makes an order under paragraph 7 above;

• (b) the person against whom it is made makes a statutory declaration complying with sub-paragraph (2) below; and

• (c) that declaration is, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which notice of the county court’s order is served on him, served on the county court which made the order.

• (2) The statutory declaration must state that the person making it—

• (a) did not receive the notice to owner in question;

• (b) made representations to the London authority concerned under paragraph 2 above but did not receive a rejection notice from that authority; or

• (c) appealed to a parking adjudicator under paragraph 5 above against the rejection by that authority of representations made by him under paragraph 2 above but had no response to the appeal.

• (3) Sub-paragraph (4) below applies where it appears to a district judge, on the application of a person on whom a charge certificate has been served, that it would be unreasonable in the circumstances of his case to insist on him serving his statutory declaration within the period of 21 days allowed for by sub-paragraph (1) above.

• (4) Where this sub-paragraph applies, the district judge may allow such longer period for service of the statutory declaration as he considers appropriate.

• (5) Where a statutory declaration is served under sub-paragraph (1)(c) above—

• (a) the order of the court shall be deemed to have been revoked;

• (b) the charge certificate shall be deemed to have been cancelled;

• (c) in the case of a declaration under sub-paragraph (2)(a) above, the notice to owner to which the charge certificate relates shall be deemed to have been cancelled; and

• (d) the district judge shall serve written notice of the effect of service of the declaration on the person making it and on the London authority concerned.

• (6) Service of a declaration under sub-paragraph (2)(a) above shall not prevent the London authority serving a fresh notice to owner.

• (7) Where a declaration has been served under sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (c) above, the London authority shall refer the case to the parking adjudicator who may give such direction as he considers appropriate.

Offence of giving false information

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• (1) A person who, in response to a notice to owner served under this Schedule, makes any representation under paragraph 2 or 5(2) above which is false in a material particular and does so recklessly or knowing it to be false in that particular is guilty of an offence.

• (2) Any person guilty of such an offence shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Service by post

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Any charge certificate, or notice under this Schedule—

• (a) may be served by post; and

• (b) where the person on whom it is to be served is a body corporate, is duly served if it is sent by post to the secretary or clerk of that body.

SCHEDULE 7

The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62)

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The Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (c. xxiv)

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In section 15 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (parking on footways etc.) in subsection (12)(b) for the words “under section 84” there shall be substituted the words “ made by virtue of section 84(1)(a) ”.

The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)

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In section 7 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (provisions supplementary to section 6), in subsection (6) for the words “Secretary of State for the Home Department” there shall be substituted the words “ the Commissioner of Police for any police area in which is situated any road or part of a road to which the order is to relate ”.

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In that Act, after section 13 there shall be inserted—

(13A) (1) The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or the Commissioner of Police for the City of London may temporarily suspend the operation of any provision of an order made under section 6 or 9 of this Act so far as that provision relates to any road or part of a road in Greater London which is within his area, in order to prevent or mitigate congestion or obstruction of traffic, or danger to or from traffic in consequence of extraordinary circumstances. (2) Subject to subsection (3) below, the period of suspension under subsection (1) above shall not continue for more than 7 days. (3) If the Secretary of State gives his consent to the period of suspension being continued for more than 7 days, the suspension shall continue until the end of such period as may be specified by the Secretary of State in giving his consent.

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• (1) Section 55 of that Act (financial provisions relating to designation orders) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In subsection (1), for the words from “designated” to the end there shall be substituted the words

for which they are the local authority and which are— (a) in the case of the council of a London borough and the Common Council of the City of London, parking places on the highway; and (b) in the case of any other authority, designated parking places.

• (3) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

(3A) The council of each London borough and the Common Council of the City of London shall, after each financial year, report to the Secretary of State on any action taken by them, pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) above, in respect of any deficit or surplus in their account for the year. (3B) The report under subsection (3A) above shall be made as soon after the end of the financial year to which it relates as is reasonably possible.

• (4) In subsection (4)(c), the words from “to the council” to “City of London” shall be omitted.

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• (1) Section 105 of that Act (exemptions from provisions relating to immobilisation of vehicles) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In subsection (2) after the words “of any vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “ found otherwise than in Greater London ”.

• (3) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

(2A) The exemption under subsection (1)(b) above shall not apply in the case of any vehicle found in Greater London if the meter bay in which it was found was not authorised for use as such at the time when it was left there.

• (4) In subsection (3) for the words “subsection (2)(a)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsections (2)(a) and (2A) ”.

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In section 122 of that Act (exercise of functions by local authorities) there shall be added at the end—

(3) The duty imposed by subsection (1) above is subject to the provisions of Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)

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• (1) For paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 1985 (designation of routes in London) there shall be substituted—

(5) (1) For the purpose of facilitating the movement of traffic in Greater London, the Secretary of State may by order designate a road in that area. (2) Before doing so, he shall consult— (a) the council of the London borough in which the road is; (b) the council of any other London borough or of any county where there is a road which he considers is likely to be affected by the designation; and (c) such other persons (if any) as he considers it appropriate to consult. (3) No council of a London borough shall exercise any power under the Highways Act 1980 or the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 in a way which will affect, or be likely to affect, a designated road unless the requirements of sub-paragraph (4) below have been satisfied. (4) The requirements are that— (a) the council concerned has given notice to the Director, in such manner as he may require, of its proposal to exercise the power in the way in question; and (b) either— (i) the Director has approved the proposal; or (ii) the period of one month beginning with the date on which he received notice of the proposal has expired without his having objected to it. (5) The Secretary of State may by an instrument in writing exclude any power from the application of this paragraph to the extent specified in the instrument. (6) Any such instrument may, in particular, exclude a power as respects— (a) all or any of the London boroughs; (b) all or any of the designated roads; or (c) the exercise of the power in such manner or circumstances as may be specified in the instrument. (7) This paragraph does not apply to the exercise of a power under section 14 or sections 32 to 38 of the 1984 Act in relation to a road which is not a designated road. (8) If the council of a London borough exercises any power in contravention of this paragraph, the Director may take such steps as he considers appropriate to reverse or modify the effect of the exercise of that power. (9) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the Director in taking any steps under sub-paragraph (8) shall be recoverable by him from the council as a civil debt. (10) In this paragraph— - “designated road” means a road designated under this paragraph; and - “Director” means the Traffic Director for London.

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• (1) Paragraph 6 of that Schedule (guidance as to exercise of traffic powers) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (5) for the words “summarily as a civil debt” there shall be substituted the words “ as a debt due to the Crown ”.

• (3) After sub-paragraph (6), there shall be inserted—

(7) Sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) above shall not apply in relation to the exercise of any power, by the council of a London borough, in complying with the duty imposed on them by section 57(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (implementation of local plans).

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In paragraph 10(6) of that Schedule (recovery of sums expended by the Secretary of State in connection with traffic control systems) for the words “summarily as a civil debt” there shall be substituted the words “ as a debt due to the Crown ”.

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In paragraph 11 of that Schedule (recovery of sums expended by the Secretary of State to obtain information) for the words “summarily as a civil debt” there shall be substituted the words “ as a debt due to the Crown ”.

The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22)

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In section 64 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (traffic-sensitive streets), after subsection (3) there shall be added—

(4) Where any council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London are asked by the Traffic Director for London to designate a street as a traffic-sensitive street and they decline to do so, the Director may appeal to the Secretary of State who may direct that the street be designated.

SCHEDULE 8

Careless, and inconsiderate, driving.

Causing danger to road-users.

Power to prohibit driving of unfit vehicles.

Removal of prohibitions.

Requirement of licence.

Effects of disqualification.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

Tramcars and trolley vehicles.

Contravention of certain orders relating to parking places in London not to be criminal offence.

Parking penalties in London.

Parking penalties in London.

Charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles.

Immobilisation of vehicles in parking places.

Exemptions from section 69.

74A

• (1) Where the Mayor of London—

• (a) on a submission under subsection (4) of section 74 above, approves any levels of additional parking charges, or

• (b) sets any such levels under subsection (5) of that section,

he shall notify the Secretary of State of the levels of charges so approved or set.

• (2) Where notification of any levels of charges is required to be given under subsection (1) above, the levels of charges shall not come into force until after the expiration of—

• (a) the period of one month beginning with the day on which the notification is given, or

• (b) such shorter period as the Secretary of State may allow.

• (3) If, before the expiration of that period, the Secretary of State gives notice to the Mayor of London that he objects to the levels of charges on the grounds that some or all of them are or may be excessive, those levels of charges shall not come into force unless and until the objection has been withdrawn.

• (4) If, at any time before the levels of charges required to be notified under subsection (1) above to the Secretary of State have come into force, the Secretary of State considers that some or all of them are excessive, he may make regulations setting the levels of charges.

• (5) Levels of charges set under subsection (4) above must be no higher than those notified under subsection (1) above.

• (6) Subsections (7) and (8) of section 74 above shall apply in relation to levels of charges set under subsection (4) above as if those levels of charges had been set in accordance with the provisions of that section—

• (a) by Transport for London, so far as relating to GLA roads or trunk roads, or

• (b) by the London local authorities, so far as relating to other roads.

• (7) Regulations under subsection (4) above are without prejudice to the duties imposed on Transport for London and the London local authorities by section 74(1) above; but where the Secretary of State makes any such regulations—

• (a) Transport for London, if the regulations relate to GLA roads or trunk roads, or

• (b) the London local authorities, if the regulations relate to other roads,

must not make any further submission to the Mayor of London under section 74(4) above until after the expiration of the period of twelve months beginning with the day on which the regulations are made.

76A

• (1) At any time when an order under section 76 above designating the whole or any part of a London authority’s area as a special parking area is in force, the Mayor of London may by order under this subsection amend the order so as to vary the area which for the time being constitutes the special parking area.

• (2) No order may be made under subsection (1) above without the consent of every London local authority which is the traffic authority for a road which the order has the effect of bringing within, or removing from, the special parking area concerned.

• (3) An order under subsection (1) above must not be such as to bring within a special parking area—

• (a) any area specified in an order under this paragraph made by the Secretary of State; or

• (b) the whole or any part of a Royal Park, except with the consent of the Secretary of State.

• (4) No area may be specified in an order under subsection (3)(a) above unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient, on grounds of national security, that no part of that area should be included in a special parking area.

• (5) In this section “Royal Park” means any park to which the Parks Regulation Act 1872 applies (see sections 1 and 3 of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926).

Application to Crown and visiting forces.

Financial provisions.

The Transport Act 1968 (c.73)

The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c.44)

The Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (c.10)

The Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c.27)

The International Road Haulage Permits Act 1975 (c.46)

The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c.14)

The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48)

The Transport Act 1982 (c.49)

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For section 21(4) of that Act (amendments with respect to appeals) there shall be substituted—

(4) In section 51 of that Act (appeals to the Secretary of State)— (a) in subsection (1) after the words “examiner” there shall be inserted the words “ or an authorised inspector ” (b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsections— (1A) A person aggrieved by the refusal of the prescribed testing authority to approve a vehicle as a type vehicle under section 10 of this Act or by the withdrawal by that authority under that section of such approval may appeal to the Secretary of State (1B) On any appeal under subsection (1A) above, the Secretary of State shall cause an examination of the vehicle concerned to be made by an officer of the Secretary of State appointed by him for the purpose and shall make such determination on the basis of the examination as he thinks fit. (c) in subsection (4) after the words “examiner” in both places where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “ prescribed testing authority or authorised inspector concerned ”.

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• (1) Section 24 of that Act (falsification of documents) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In subsection (2) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

• (a) in subsection (4) after the words “of this Act” there shall be inserted the words “ or an authorised inspector appointed under section 8 of the Transport Act 1982 ”;

• (3) In subsection (4), in section 66A(2) to be inserted in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, for the words “a certifying officer, a public service vehicle examiner” there shall be substituted the words “ an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ”.

The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27)

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60)

The Coroners Act 1988 (c.13)

The Road Traffic Act 1988 (c.52)

The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c.53)

Editorial notes