The Traffic Management (St Helens Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012

Made: 7th March 2012

Coming into force: 10th April 2012

The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the St Helens Borough Council 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 (St Helens Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2012 and comes into force on 10th April 2012.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme ” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “Merseyside Authorities Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by St Helens Borough Council 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 St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 10th April 2012.

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 St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme.

SCHEDULE — THE ST HELENS PERMIT SCHEME

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman Baker — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 7th March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order gives effect to the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme.

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

Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 10th April 2012. 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 St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme.

A copy of the St Helens Borough Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of the St Helens Borough Council, Environmental Protection Department, Engineering, 4th Floor, Wesley House, St Helens, WA10 1HF and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.sthelens.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004. c.18.

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