London Traffic Act 1924
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London Traffic Act, 1924
(14 & 15 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 34.
An Act to make provision for the control and regulation of traffic in and near London, and for purposes connected therewith.
[7th August 1924]
Be it enacted by the King'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 Constitution of Advisory Committee.
(1) With a view to facilitating and improving the regulation of traffic in and near London, there shall, for the purpose of giving advice and assistance in manner provided by this Act to the Minister of Transport (hereinafter referred to as the Minister) in connection with the exercise and performance of his powers and duties in relation to traffic within the area described in the First Schedule to this Act (hereinafter referred to as the London Traffic Area) be constituted a committee, to be called the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee and hereinafter referred to as the Advisory Committee consisting of a chairman elected by the Committee and such ordinary and additional members as are hereinafter mentioned.
(2) Of the ordinary members—
One shall be appointed by a Secretary of State:
Two shall be appointed by the London County Council:
One shall be appointed by the Corporation of the City of London:
Two shall be appointed by the councils of the metropolitan boroughs:
One shall be appointed by the councils of the administrative counties mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act, other than the administrative county of London lying north of the Thames:
One shall be appointed by the councils of the administrative counties mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act, other than the administrative county of London lying south of the Thames:
One shall be appointed by the councils of the several county boroughs within the London Traffic Area:
One shall be a representative of the metropolitan police appointed by a Secretary of State:
One shall be a representative of the City police appointed by the Corporation of the City of London:
One shall be appointed by the Minister:
Where one or more members are to be appointed by a group of local authorities, the appointment shall be made by a joint committee consisting of one representative chosen by each of the local authorities in accordance with rules of procedure made by the Minister:
Every ordinary member appointed by a local authority or group of local authorities other than the representative of the City police shall be a member of the local authority or of one of the grouped authorities, as the case may be, and, if he cease to hold such qualification, shall cease to be a member of the Committee.
(3) Of the additional members—
Three shall be representatives of the interests of labour engaged in the transport industry within the London Traffic Area appointed by the Minister of Labour after consultation with such bodies representative of those interests as he may think fit:
Four shall be representatives of the interests of persons providing means of transport and users of mechanically propelled and horse-drawn road vehicles within the London Traffic Area appointed by the Minister after consultation with such bodies representative of those interests as he may think desirable.
(4) The ordinary members shall form part of the committee on all occasions, and the additional members shall form part of the committee when considering and reporting to and advising the Minister upon any matter referred to the committee under or by virtue of section ten of this Act, or any matter or question referred to the committee under this Act in connection with the matters specified in Part I. of the Second Schedule to this Act:
Provided that the Minister may, if he thinks fit, direct that in any particular case the additional members shall form part of the committee when considering and reporting to and advising him upon any matter or question referred to the committee under this Act in connection with any of the matters mentioned in Part II. of the said Schedule.
(5) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed or being an ordinary member of the Advisory Committee if he is a director of a company or a partner in a firm or is in the employment of a company or firm engaged in providing means of transport within the London Traffic Area.
(6) The term of office of the members of the Advisory Committee first appointed shall be from the date of appointment until the first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and, subject to the provisions as to the term of office of persons appointed to fill casual vacancies, the term of office of persons subsequently appointed shall be three years; but a person going out of office may be reappointed. The chairman shall go out of office on the day on which the members of the committee by whom he is elected ordinarily go out of office.
(7) If any member of the Advisory Committee without having received leave of absence by a resolution of the committee fails for a period of six months to attend duly summoned meetings of the Committee, or of a sub-committee on which he has been appointed to serve, his seat shall thereupon become vacant, and he shall not be eligible for reappointment in respect of that vacancy.
(8) On a casual vacancy occurring on the Advisory Committee by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a new member in like manner as the member in whose place he is appointed, and he shall hold office until the time when the member in whose place he is appointed would have gone out of office, and shall then go out of office. The foregoing provision shall apply to the chairman with the substitution of ‘election’ for ‘appointment’ and of ‘elected’ for ‘appointed.’ If an ordinary member or an additional member is elected chairman, his election shall not create a casual vacancy.
(9) The Minister may place at the disposal of the Advisory Committee the services of such of the officers and servants of the Ministry of Transport as appear to him to be required for the purpose of the proper discharge of the duties of the Committee.
(10) The Advisory Committee may make rules for regulating their procedure (including the fixing of a quorum, and the appointment, powers, duties and procedure of sub-committees) and for regulating the procedure at any inquiry held by the Advisory Committee or by any members thereof under this Act; and the additional members shall form part of the Advisory Committee when considering and making such rules of procedure.
(11) The Advisory Committee shall make an annual report of their proceedings to the Minister, which shall be laid before Parliament.
(12) The proceedings of the Advisory Committee shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in their number or any defect in the appointment of any member.
2 Duties of Advisory Committee.
2. It shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to consider and report to the Minister on any matters within the scope of the provisions of this Act, and to report to and advise the Minister upon such matters and questions as may be referred to them under this Act, or as the Minister may from lime to time refer to them in connection with any of the matters mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act.
3 Power of Advisory Committee to hold inquires.
(1) In any case where the Advisory Committee think it desirable or expedient so to do, the Committee may, before advising and reporting to the Minister on any matter referred to them in pursuance of this Act, appoint one or more of their number to hold, or may if they think it advisable, themselves hold such public inquiry into the matter as they may think fit, and when one or more members of the Advisory Committee are appointed to hold the inquiry they shall make a report thereon to the Committee.
(2) Before any such inquiry is held the Advisory Committee shall give public notice of the date and place at which the inquiry will be held and of the matters to be dealt with at the inquiry, and any person affected may make representations to the member or members holding the inquiry, or in the case of an inquiry held by the Advisory Committee themselves to that Committee, and, unless in their discretion such member or members or the Committee consider it unnecessary, any such person shall be heard at the inquiry: Provided that, for the purposes of this provision, the Corporation of the City of London and the council of any county, borough or district wholly or partly comprised in the London Traffic Area shall be deemed to be persons affected and shall have the right to be heard in any case where such corporation or council, or any persons represented by them, may be affected by any such inquiry.
(3) In any case where the Minister thinks it expedient or proper so to do, the Minister may delegate to the Advisory Committee the duty of holding any inquiry respecting any matter affecting traffic within the London Traffic Area which under any other Act the Minister is authorised or required to hold, and where the Minister has so delegated any such duty, the Advisory Committee shall appoint one or more of their number to hold, or may if they think it advisable themselves hold such inquiry as is required under the Act in respect of which the duty has been delegated, and when one or more members of the Advisory Committee are appointed to hold the inquiry they shall make a report to the Committee.
4 Closing of streets for works.
(1) With a view that the times for the execution of works of road maintenance and improvement by various road authorities within the London Traffic Area may be so arranged...
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