Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997
| Year | 1997 |
Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997
1997 Chapter 54
An Act to require local authorities to prepare reports relating to the levels of road traffic in their areas and for related purposes.
[21st March 1997]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Interpretation.
1. In this Act the following terms shall have the following meanings, that is to say—
‘local road traffic’ means traffic consisting of mechanically propelled vehicles on roads for which the Secretary of State is not the traffic authority;
‘principal council’ means any council which is a local traffic authority;
‘traffic authority’ and ‘local traffic authority’ have the meaning given by section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2 Duty of principal councils to make reports.
(1) It shall be the duty of every principal council to prepare, at such time or times as the Secretary of State may direct, a report containing—
(a) an assessment of the levels of local road traffic in their area, and
(b) a forecast of the growth in those levels.
(2) Subject to subsection (5), the report must also specify targets for—
(a) a reduction in the levels of local road traffic in the area, or
(b) a reduction in the rate of growth in the levels of such traffic.
(3) The report must also contain any other information or proposals which—
(a) relate to levels of local road traffic in the area, and
(b) are required by guidance under subsection (6).
(4) The report—
(a) may specify different targets for different parts of the principal council's area or for different classes of local road traffic, and
(b) may specify targets under subsection (2)(a) in relation to certain classes of local road traffic, or in relation to part of the area and under subsection (2)(b) in relation to other classes of local road traffic or in relation to another part of the area.
(5) A principal council are not obliged to specify targets under subsection (2)(a) or (b) in relation to their area, or in relation to any part of their area, if they consider it inappropriate to do so, but in that case the report must state—
(a) that they consider it inappropriate to do so, and
(b)...
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