The A85 Trunk Road (Oban) (Temporary Prohibition on Waiting, Loading and Unloading) Order 2022

Year2022
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

2022 No. 1

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A85 Trunk Road (Oban) (Temporary Prohibition on Waiting, Loading and Unloading) Order 2022

Made 5January 2022

Coming into force 12January 2022

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) and (2), 4(1) and 14(1)(a) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(a) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 14(1)(a) of that Act, they are satisfied that traffic on the length of road specified in the schedule should be restricted or prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near that length of road.

In accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, they have had regard to the existence of alternative routes suitable for the traffic which will be affected by this Order.

Citation, commencement and cessation

1. This Order may be cited as the A85 Trunk Road (Oban) (Temporary Prohibition on Waiting,

Loading and Unloading) Order 2022, comes into force on 12 January 2022 and ceases to have

effect on 14 February 2022.

Prohibition on waiting, loading and unloading

2. No person may use, or permit the use of, any vehicle to wait, load or unload on the length of

road, or a part or parts of the length of road, specified in the schedule of this Order when a

prohibition is identified as applying to that length of road, or a part or parts of that length of road,

by means of one or both of the traffic signs of the type described in item 19 (diagram 636 –

temporary prohibition of waiting except for loading and unloading) and item 20 (diagram 636.1 –

temporary prohibition of loading and unloading) of the sign table in Part 6 of schedule 13 of the

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016(b).

(a) 1984 c. 27; section 2(1) and (2) were amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) (“the 1991 Act”),

schedule 8, paragraph 18 and section 14 was substituted by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 (c. 26),

schedule 1. The Scottish Ministers are the traffic authority by virtue of section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act

1984 (inserted by the 1991 Act, schedule 8, paragraph 70 and amended by S.I. 2001/1400) as read with section 151(1) of

the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54) (relevantly amended by S.I. 2001/1400). The functions of the Secretary of State were

transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(b) S.I. 2016/362.

Exemptions

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