The Traffic Management (Lancashire County Council) Permit Scheme Order 2015

Made: 7th January 2015

Coming into force: 9th March 2015

The Secretary of State for Transport having approved the Lancashire 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 (Lancashire County Council) Permit Scheme Order 2015 and comes into force on 9th March 2015.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the Lancashire County Council Permit Scheme” means the permit scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order which was prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State by Lancashire 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 Lancashire County Council Permit Scheme comes into effect on 9th March 2015.

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 Lancashire County Council Permit Scheme.

SCHEDULE — THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL PERMIT SCHEME

Signed

Sighed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 7th January 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

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

Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 9th March 2015. 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 Lancashire County Council Permit Scheme.

A copy of the Lancashire County Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at County Hall, Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 8XJ and is available to inspect on the Council’s website www.lancashire.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004. c.18.

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