The A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth High Street) (Bus Bay Clearway) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2591
• Sections: 7

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth High Street) (Bus Bay Clearway) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th October 1998.

Section 2

In this Order–

“bus bay clearway” is the length of the westbound carriageway of the trunk road that is between a point 32 metres south east of the south eastern kerbline of Buckhold Road to a point 9 metres north west of the western kerb-line of Garratt Lane (at its junction with the trunk road) and is bounded by road markings of a type shown in diagram 1025.3 of Schedule 6 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994 ;

“Garratt Lane” and “Buckhold Road” mean the roads of those names in the London Borough of Wandsworth;

“London bus service” and “London local service licence” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Transport Act 1985 ;

“the trunk road” means that part of the A3 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Wandsworth known as the Wandsworth High Street.

Section 3

No person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop or remain at rest at any time in the bus bay clearway.

Section 4

Nothing in this Order applies to a vehicle being used for the provision of a London bus service–

(a) under a London local service licence; or

(b) for which such a licence is not required by virtue of section 35(2) of 36(1) of the Transport Act 1985 .

Section 5

Nothing in this Order applies to–

(a) a vehicle being used–

(i) for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(ii) for the removal of any obstruction to traffic; or

(iii) in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any road.

Section 6

Nothing in this Order applies to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden.

Section 7

In the Wandsworth (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1976 item 142(b)(ii) and item 143(b)(i) of Schedule 2 to that Order shall be deleted in so far as they relate to the bus bay clearway.