GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/1552 |
| Year | 2000 |
2000 No. 1552
LONDON GOVERNMENT
The GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2000
Made 12th June 2000
Laid before Parliament 12th June 2000
Coming into force 3rd July 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 405(2), 406, 408(1) and (7) and 420(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 19991, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.
(2) In this Order—
“the designation date” means 22nd May 2000;
“the former highway authority”, in relation to a GLA road which is a trunk road, means the Secretary of State, and in relation to any other GLA road means the relevant authority;
“GLA road” means a highway designated as a GLA road under section 14A of the Highways Act 19802;
“GLA side road” means a road which is a GLA side road (within the meaning of section 124A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19843) by virtue of an order of the Secretary of State under subsection (1) of that section;
“land” includes land covered by water, and any interest or right in, over or under land;
“maintenance” includes repair;
“the operative date” means 3rd July 2000;
“property” includes property, rights and powers of every description; and
“the relevant authority” in relation to a road means the council of the London borough in which the road is situated or, where the road is in the City of London, the Common Council.
Property etc. transferred in relation to GLA roads
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and article 4 below, on the operative date there are hereby transferred to Transport for London in relation to each GLA road—
(a)
(a) the highway, in so far as it is vested in the former highway authority;
(b)
(b) the property mentioned in paragraph (3) in so far as, on the designation date, it was vested—
(i) in the former highway authority for the purposes of their highway functions in relation to the GLA road, or
(ii) in the former highway authority for the purposes of functions in relation to the GLA road under sections 6 (traffic regulation), 9 (experimental traffic orders), 23 and 24 (pedestrian crossings) and 85 (speed restriction signs) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19844;
(c)
(c) all liabilities incurred by a former highway authority for the purposes of their functions in relation to the GLA road and not discharged before the operative date, other than loans and loan charges.
(2) There is not transferred by virtue of this article—
(a)
(a) any right or liability of a relevant authority in respect of—
(i) work done, services rendered, goods delivered, or money due for payment, before the operative date;
(ii) damages or compensation for any act or omission before that date;
(iii) the price of, or compensation for, any land purchased, or for which a contract to purchase has been concluded, before that date; or
(b)
(b) any copyright held by the Crown.
(3) The property referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is—
(a)
(a) land, other than land—
(i) vested in the former highway authority for the purpose of being used for the storage of materials required wholly or mainly for the maintenance and improvement of other highways; or
(ii) where the former highway authority is a relevant authority, held by that authority for the improvement or development of frontages to the highway, or of land adjoining or adjacent to the highway; and
(b)
(b) all other property held in connection with the GLA road (including the unexpended balances of any grants paid by the Secretary of State to any relevant authority for the purposes of their functions in relation to the highway) other than materials to be used for the maintenance or improvement of the highway, and the unexpended balances of any loans raised by the former highway authority, or by any relevant authority for the purposes of its functions in relation to the highway.
Property transferred in relation to GLA side roads
3. On the operative date there are hereby transferred to Transport for London in relation to each GLA side road—
(a) all traffic signs erected for the purposes of a GLA road; and
(b) all street furniture and other property of a relevant authority held for the purposes of traffic regulation on a GLA road.
Supplementary and alternative agreements
4.—(1) Where a...
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