The A205 Trunk Road (Upper Richmond Road West) Red Route (Prescribed Route) Traffic Order 1997

Made: 31st January 1997

Coming into force: 12th February 1997

The Traffic Director for London, following a direction given to him by the Secretary of State for Transport under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991[^f00001] and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[^f00002], and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:—

Commencement and citation

1

This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Upper Richmond Road West) Red Route (Prescribed Route) Traffic Order 1997, and shall come into force on 12th February 1997.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• (a) causing includes permitting;

• (b) “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986[^f00003], and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations.

Prohibition

3

Subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall cause any motor vehicle proceeding in Upper Richmond Road West in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to enter the south-east arm of Sheen Lane (which fronts Nos. 137 to 141 and Parkway House, Sheen Lane).

Exemptions

4

Nothing in article 3 above shall apply to—

• (a) any person causing any vehicle to enter the said south-east arm of Sheen Lane for the purpose of loading or unloading a vehicle in that arm;

• (b) any person using a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position;

• (c) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or

• (d) a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes.

Revocations

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The A205 Trunk Road (Upper Richmond Road West) Red Route (Prescribed Route No.1) Experimental Traffic Order 1995[^f00004] is hereby revoked.

Signed

Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.

Derek Turner — Traffic Director for London — 31st January 1997

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1991 c. 40.

[^f00002]: 1984 c. 27.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1986/178 as amended by S.I. 1991/2709.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1995/2746