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The Traffic Management (Guidance on Intervention Criteria) (Wales) Order 2007 (Note)

The Traffic Management (Guidance on Intervention Criteria) (Wales) Order 2007

WELSH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2007 No. 1712 (W.149)

HIGHWAYS, WALES

The Traffic Management (Guidance on Intervention Criteria) (Wales) Order 2007

Made 13 June 2007

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 14 June 2007

Coming into force 10 July 2007

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by section 27 of the Traffic Management Act 2004[1] and now vested in them[2], make the following order:

Title, commencement and application

1. The title of this Order is the Traffic Management (Guidance on Intervention Criteria) (Wales) Order 2007, it comes into force on 10 July 2007, and applies in relation to Wales[3].

Guidance on intervention criteria

2. The guidance about the criteria which the Welsh Ministers propose to apply for the purpose of deciding whether to give an intervention notice or make an intervention order under Part 2 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 is appended in the Schedule to this order.

Brian Gibbons

Minister for the Economy and Transport

13 June 2007

SCHEDULE

Article 2

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 NETWORK MANAGEMENT DUTIES GUIDANCE ON INTERVENTION CRITERIA FOR WALES

INTRODUCTION

1.

Section 16 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 ("the Act") introduced a new network management duty for local traffic authorities. Such authorities are required to manage their road network to secure the expeditious movement of traffic on that network and to facilitate the same on the networks of others.

2.

Section 17 of the Act requires a local traffic authority ("an authority") to make appropriate arrangements for planning and carrying out the duty and these arrangements must include provision for the appointment of a traffic manager.

3.

Section 19 empowers the Welsh Ministers to direct an authority to provide them, within a specif...

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