Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime Prevention (Designated Areas) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1^st August 2007.

(2) In this Order, “the map” means the map numbered 87 and entitled “Map referred to in the Crime Prevention (Designated Areas) Order 2007”, of which a print signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is deposited, and available for inspection within office hours, at the offices of—

(a) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at Zone 1/01, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6EB; and

(b) Darlington Borough Council, at Town Hall, Darlington, DL1 5QT.

Designated area

2.  The area hatched and edged red on the map is hereby designated for the purposes of section 118B of the Highways Act 1980.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Sections 118B and 119B of the Highways Act 1980(c.66)(“the 1980 Act”) enable a Council which is a highway authority, for the purposes of crime prevention, to make orders for the stopping up or diversion of certain highways within areas designated by the Secretary of State under section 118B(1)(a) of the 1980 Act.

This Order designates an area under section 118B(1)(a) of the 1980 Act. The area is within the borough of Darlington and is shown hatched and edged red on a map numbered 87, a print of which is deposited and available for inspection within office hours at the offices of Darlington Borough Council and the Bristol office of DEFRA.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.