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(1) A local traffic authority may designate any road for which they are the traffic authority as a quiet lane or a home zone.
(2) The appropriate national authority may make regulations authorising local traffic authorities who have designated roads as quiet lanes or home zones to make use orders and speed orders of such descriptions as are prescribed by the regulations in relation to any roads designated by them as quiet lanes or home zones.
(3) A use order is an order permitting the use of a road for purposes other than passage.
(4) But a use order may not permit any person—
(a) wilfully to obstruct the lawful use of a road by others, or
(b) to use a road in a way which would deny reasonable access to premises situated on or adjacent to the road.
(5) A speed order is an order authorising the local traffic authority by whom it is made to take measures with a view to reducing the speed of motor vehicles or cycles (or both) on a road to below that specified in the order.
(6) The appropriate national authority may make regulations specifying procedures for the making, variation and revocation of—
(a) designations, and
(b) use orders and speed orders,
including procedures for confirmation (whether by the appropriate national authority or any other body).
(7) The appropriate national authority may give guidance to local traffic authorities about matters to which they must have regard in determining whether or not to designate a road as a quiet lane or home zone.
(8) In this section—
“the appropriate national authority” means—
the Secretary of State as respects England, and
the National Assembly for Wales as respects Wales,
“cycle” has the same meaning as in the [1988 c. 52.] Road Traffic Act 1988,
“local traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984,
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, and
“road” has the same meaning as in the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
(9) Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and may make different provision for different cases or areas.
(10) A statutory instrument containing regulations made by the Secretary of State under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(1) The Secretary of State shall review the operation in relation to rural roads of the provision made by and under—
(a) Part VI of the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (speed limits), and
(b) Schedule 9 to that Act (orders) so far as relating to orders under that Part.
(2) The review shall in particular include consideration of whether (and, if so, how) the law should be amended to facilitate the introduction of rural road hierarchies.
(3) A rural road hierarchy is a system under which rural roads are categorised by a local traffic authority (by reference to the ways in which they are used) for the purpose of subjecting different categories of rural roads to different speed limits.
(4) The Secretary of State shall consult—
(a) the Scottish Ministers, and
(b) the National Assembly for Wales,
when carrying out the review.
(5) The Secretary of State shall publish a report of the review before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(6) The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament.
(7) In this section “local traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
(1) The [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 26 (arrangements for patrolling places where children cross roads during certain periods)—
(a) in subsection (1), omit “during periods between the hours of eight in the morning and half-past five in the afternoon when children are so on their way,”, and
(b) after that subsection insert—
“(1A) Arrangements under subsection (1) above may be made for patrolling places at such times as the authority thinks fit.”
(3) In section 28 (power to stop vehicles at school crossings)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) omit “between the hours of eight in the morning and half-past five in the afternoon”, and
(ii) for “children on their way to or from school, or from one part of a school to another, are” substitute “a person is”,
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) for “children are” substitute “person is”, and
(ii) for “their” substitute “his”, and
(c) in subsection (5)—
(i) insert “and” at the end of paragraph (a), and
(ii) omit paragraph (c) and the word “and” before it.
(1) The [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 63 (power of authorities to provide stands and racks for bicycles), for “and racks for bicycles” substitute “or racks for, or devices for securing, bicycles or motor cycles”.
(3) In section 136(4) (meaning of “motor cycle”), for “section 57” substitue “sections 57 and 63”.
(1) The Secretary of State may make grants or other payments for the purpose of securing or encouraging the carriage of goods by inland waterway or by sea rather than by road where he is satisfied that that is in the public interest.
(2) Grants or payments under this section may in particular be made in respect of facilities for or in connection with the carriage of goods by inland waterway or by sea (including facilities for loading or unloading goods).
(3) Grants or payments under this section shall be of such amount and subject to such conditions (including conditions requiring their repayment in specified circumstances) as the Secretary of State may determine.
(4) So far as it relates to inland waterways in Wales the power conferred by this section is a power of the National Assembly for Wales.
(5) The power conferred by this section may only be exercised in or as regards Scotland if its exercise relates to reserved matters within the meaning of the [1998 c. 46.] Scotland Act 1998.
(6) In this section “inland waterway” includes both a natural and an artificial inland waterway.
(1) If an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of—
(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or
(b) a person who was purporting to act in such a capacity,
he (as well as the body) commits the offence.
(2) In subsection (1) “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body.
(3) If an offence under this Act is committed by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner, he (as well as the partnership) commits the offence.
Schedule 31 contains repeals and revocations.
(1) Subject as follows, the preceding provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order made by statutory instrument; and different provision may be made for different purposes.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable as respects Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (and not the Secretary of State) in relation to Parts II and III (and the repeals relating to Part II).
(3) An order making provision for the coming into force of section 151—
(a) shall provide for it to come into force on 1st April in any year, and
(b) shall be made at least three months before the day on which it is to come into force.
(4) Section 231 (and Schedule 24), section 253 (and Schedule 28) and section 269 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(5) In section 245, subsections (1) and (3) to (5), and subsections (2) and (8) so far as relating to subsections (3) to (5), shall be treated as having come into force on 10th May 2000.
(1) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make any transitional provisions or savings which he considers appropriate in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable as respects Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (and not the Secretary of State) in relation to Parts II and III (and the repeals relating to Part II).
(1) The Secretary of State may, in consequence of any provision of this Act or of any instrument made under it, by order made by statutory instrument make such amendments (including repeals or revocations) as appear to him to be appropriate in—
(a) any Act (whether public general or local) passed, or
(b) any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978) made,
before that provision comes into force.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable as respects Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (and not the Secretary of State) in relation to Parts II and III and any instruments made under them.
(3) No order shall be made under subsection (1) by the Secretary of State unless a draft of the order containing it has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(1) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a) any expenditure incurred by any Minister of the Crown or government department under or by virtue of this Act (apart from any expenditure to be met from the National Loans Fund), and
(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other enactment.
(2) There shall be issued to the Secretary of State by the Treasury out of the National Loans Fund any sums required by him for—
(a) making loans under section 52 to a transferee, or
(b) making loans to the Strategic Rail Authority.
(3) There shall be paid into the National Loans Fund any repayment of, or payment of interest on, loans—
(a) made under section 52 by the Secretary of State to a transferee, or
(b) made by the Secretary of State to the Strategic Rail Authority.
(4) The assets of the National Loans Fund shall be reduced by an amount corresponding to such liability as the Secretary of State extinguishes by order under section 57.
(5) There shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by any Minister of the Crown or government department under or by virtue of this Act (apart from any sums required to be paid into the National Loans Fund).
(1) Parts II and III, and the repeals relating to those Parts, and sections 255 and 256, 265, 267 and 268 and 270 and 271, and the repeals in Part V(2) of Schedule 31, extend only to England and Wales.
(2) Subject as follows, Part IV, sections 257 to 260 (and Schedule 29), sections 261 to 263 (and Schedule 30) and sections 264, 266 and 269, and Part V(1) of Schedule 31, extend only to England and Wales and Scotland.
(3) The amendments made by Parts I and IV, and the repeals and revocations relating to those Parts, have the same extent as the enactments to which they relate (except where it is otherwise provided).
(4) Sections 247 and 250, paragraph 14 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 26 extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This Act may be cited as the Transport Act 2000.
Transport Act 2000