The A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Bus Lane) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/233
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Bus Lane) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 7th February 1999.

Section 2

In this Order:

“the trunk road” means that length of the A4 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hillingdon known as Bath Road;

“Boltons Lane”, “North Hatton Road”, “Sipson Road”, and “Sipson Way” means the roads of that name in the London Borough of Hillingdon;

“bicycle” means a bicycle not being a motor vehicle;

“bus” means a public service vehicle as defined in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 ;

“taxi” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;

“eastbound bus lane” means the left hand or nearside lane of the eastbound carriageway of the trunk road between the western kerbline of Sipson Way and a point 108 metres west of the western kerbline of Sipson Road a distance of approximately 285 metres; and

“westbound bus lane” means the left hand or nearside lane of the westbound carriageway of the trunk road between a point 16 metres east of the eastern kerbline of North Hatton Road and a point 46 metres east of the eastern kerbline of Boltons Lane, a distance of approximately 790 metres.

Section 3

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall cause or permit a vehicle to enter or proceed in the eastbound bus lane or the westbound bus lane.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to:–

(a) a bus, a licensed taxi or a bicycle;

(b) any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes; and

(c) anything done at the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden.