The A21 Trunk Road (Lamberhurst Bypass) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 2005
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2005/1142 |
| Year | 2005 |
2005 No. 1142
ROAD TRAFFIC
The A21 Trunk Road (Lamberhurst Bypass) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 2005
Made 2nd March 2005
Coming into force 23th March 2005
The Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 2(1) and (2), 4(1) and 122(A) of, and paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted with the chief officer of Kent Police, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the A21 Trunk Road (Lamberhurst Bypass) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 23rd March 2005.
2. In this Order—
“the new trunk road” means the new trunk road near Lamberhurst in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent being constructed in pursuance of the trunk road order;
“the trunk road order” means the new trunk road being provided in pursuance of the A21 Trunk Road (Lamberhurst Bypass) Order 19762.
3. Save as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to wait on any part of the new trunk road, specified in the Schedule to this Order, except upon the direction of, or with the permission of, a police officer in uniform or a traffic warden.
4. Nothing in article 3 shall apply—
(a) to render it unlawful to cause or permit a vehicle waiting on any part of the new trunk road, for so long as may be necessary to enable that vehicle to be used in connection with—
(i) the removal of any obstruction to traffic,
(ii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the trunk road, or
(iii) the laying, erection, inspection, maintenance, alteration, repair, renewal or removal in or near the trunk road of any sewer, main, pipe, conduit, wire, cable or other apparatus for the supply of gas, water, electricity or any telecommunications apparatus as defined in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 19843; or
(b) in relation to a vehicle being used—
(i) for police, ambulance or fire brigade purposes,
(ii) in the service of a local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,
(iii) in the service of a water or sewerage undertaker within the meaning of the Water...
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