The Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/2803
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and

“vehicle” has the meaning given by section 99(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 .

Section 2 Commencement and transitional provisions

The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 6th December 1993 in respect of the London boroughs of Camden, Hackney and Hounslow—

(a) section 64, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(b) section 65;

(c) section 66, to the extent that it is not already in force;

(d) section 69;

(e) section 81, to the extent necessary for bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 7 brought into force by this article; and

(f) paragraph 5 of Schedule 7, to the extent that that paragraph is not already in force.

Section 3 Commencement and transitional provisions

Subsections (4) and (6) of section 67 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 6th December 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsections thereby inserted in relation to vehicles found in the London boroughs of Camden, Hackney and Hounslow.

Section 4 Commencement and transitional provisions

Subsection (2)(b) of section 68 of the 1991 Act shall come into force on 6th December 1993 for the purpose of the application of the subsection thereby inserted in relation to the councils of the London boroughs of Camden, Hackney and Hounslow.

Section 5 Commencement and transitional provisions

(1) In relation to a vehicle that is stationary in a designated parking place in the London borough of Camden, Hackney or Hounslow immediately before 6th December 1993, section 66(2) of the 1991 Act shall have effect for so long as it remains in that parking place as if the words “on or after 6th December 1993” were inserted after—

(a) the word “left” in paragraph (a) of section 66(2),

(b) the word “payable” in paragraph (b) of that subsection, and

(c) the word “has” in paragraph (c) of that subsection.

(2) Where a vehicle found in the London borough of Camden, Hackney or Hounslow has pursuant to any enactment been removed before 6th December 1993, sections 67 and 68 of the 1991 Act shall not apply in relation to that removal or to any storage or disposal of the vehicle as a consequence of that removal.