The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Surrey County Council) Order 2021

Made: 24th March 2021

Coming into force: 1st April 2021

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 74A(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991[^f00001], makes the following Order.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (Surrey County Council) Order 2021.

• (2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

• (3) This Order shall come into force on 1st April 2021.

Approval of local highway authority

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The Secretary of State approves Surrey County Council for the purpose of requiring charges to be paid under the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012[^f00002] in accordance with the Surrey Lane Rental Scheme which was submitted to the Secretary of State on 10th December 2020 and approved by him.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Vere — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Transport — 24th March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides approval for Surrey County Council to enable it to require the payment of charges in accordance with the Surrey Lane Rental Scheme (“the Scheme”) for certain street works carried out in the highway.

The requirement to pay charges to an Approved Authority is set out in the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”).

The Scheme, which has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State, is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified traffic sensitive locations at traffic sensitive times. This will be achieved by requiring the payment of a charge, in accordance with the 2012 Regulations, for each day that the street is occupied by the works. Surrey County Council may reduce or waive the daily charge and the Scheme contains guidance as to when a discount will be applied.

A copy of the Scheme can be inspected at the offices of Surrey County Council, Hazel House, Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7BQ. It is also available on the Surrey County Council website at https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1991 c.22. Section 74A was inserted by section 255 of the Transport Act 2000 (c.38) and amended by section 40 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18) and paragraph 120 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2012/425. The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012 were amended by regulation 2(2) of the Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018/215 and paragraph 55 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7).