Deregulation (Parking Equipment) Order 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/1553 |
1996 No. 1553
DEREGULATION
The Deregulation (Parking Equipment) Order 1996
Made 13th June 1996
Coming into force 13th September 1996
Whereas:
(a) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that certain provisions of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841impose burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions concerned and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;
(b) he has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals has been laid before Parliament as required by section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19942and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;
(e) the Secretary of State has had regard to the representations made during that period;
(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Parking Equipment) Order 1996.
(2) This Order shall come into force at the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which it is made.
(3) In this Order, “the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Removal of requirement for parking equipment to be approved by the Secretary of State
2.—(1) Subject to article 3 below—
(a)
(a) the provisions of the 1984 Act mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Part, and
(b)
(b) paragraphs 3(b), 4(c)(ii), 5 and 7 of the Schedule to the Parking Act 19893(which are spent in consequence of the repeals mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above) are hereby repealed.
(2) In Schedule 10 to the 1984 Act, in paragraph 13, for the words “subsections (1) to (4)” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (1) to (3)”.
Supplementary provisions
3.—(1) Nothing in article 2 above shall affect the validity of any order having effect by virtue of the 1984 Act and made before this order comes into force, but—
(a)
(a) any provision in such an order having effect by virtue of section 4(3), 7(3) or 35(1)(iii) or (3) of the 1984 Act shall apply to any apparatus or device which has not been approved by the Secretary of State to the extent (if any) that the provision would, apart from this paragraph, have applied to it had it been approved by him, and
(b)
(b) any provision in such an order having effect by virtue of section 35(3A), 46(2)(a), (b) or (c) or 51 of the 1984 Act shall apply to any apparatus or device which is of a type and design that has not been approved by the Secretary of State to the extent (if any) that the provision would, apart from this paragraph, have applied to it had apparatus or devices of that type and design been approved by him.
(2) Without prejudice to section 16 of the Interpretation Act 19784, the repeals made by this Order of ...
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