The Traffic Management (Norfolk County Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014

Made: 31st March 2014

Coming into force: 6th May 2014

The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Norfolk County 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 (Norfolk County Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014 and comes into force on 6th May 2014.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the Norfolk County Council Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order in terms commonly known as the “Norfolk Permit Scheme” which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Norfolk County 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 Norfolk County Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 6th May 2014.

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 Norfolk County Council Permit Scheme.

SCHEDULE — THE NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 31st March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order gives effect to the Norfolk County Council Permit Scheme.

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

Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 6th May 2014. 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 Norfolk County Council Permit Scheme.

A copy of the Norfolk County Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH and is available to inspect on the Council’s website http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/TMApermits .

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004. c.18.

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