The Traffic Management (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) Permit Scheme Order 2012

Made: 10th December 2012

Coming into force: 14th January 2013

The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme under section 34(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004[^f00001] makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(4) and (5) and 39(2) of that Act.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) Permit Scheme Order 2012 and comes into force on 14th January 2013.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule in terms commonly known as the “London Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and has been approved by the Secretary of State; and

• “specified streets” has the meaning given by regulation 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007[^f00002].

Commencement of Permit Scheme

3

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme comes into effect on 14th January 2013.

Application of Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007

4

Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 shall apply to the specified streets within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme.

SCHEDULE — THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETSPERMIT SCHEME

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman Baker — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 10th December 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order gives effect to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme.

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Tower Hamlets by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets before undertaking the works.

Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 14th January 2013. The permit scheme referred to in this article is set out in the Schedule to the Order.

Article 4 applies Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (which makes provision for the disapplication and modification of enactments in relation to specified works in specified streets) to the specified works and specified streets within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme.

A copy of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG and is available to inspect on the Borough’s website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004 c.18.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2007/3372.