Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Provision 1· GB, RTRA1984, section s2

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 2 (2) (1) A traffic regulation order may make any provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the use of a road, or of any part of the width of a road, by vehicular traffic, or by vehicular traffic of any class specified in the order,— (a) either generally or subject to such exceptions as may be specified in the order or determined in a manner provided for by it, and (b) subject to such exceptions as may be so specified or determined, either at all times or at times, on days or during periods so specified. (2) The provision that may be made by a traffic regulation order includes any provision— (a) requiring vehicular traffic, or vehicular traffic of any class specified in the order, to proceed in a specified direction or prohibiting its so pro [...]

Provision 2· GB, RTRA1984, section s2

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 2 as they consider expedient for preserving or improving the amenities of their area or of some part or parts of their area. (5) Nothing in subsection (4) above shall be construed as limiting the scope of any power or duty to control vehicles conferred or imposed on any local authority, a strategic highways company or the Secretary of State otherwise than by virtue of that subsection. Restrictions on traffic regulation orders.

Provision 3· GB, RTRA1984, section s3

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 3 (3) (1) . . . a traffic regulation order shall not be made with respect to any road which would have the effect— (a) of preventing at any time access for pedestrians, or (b) of preventing for more than 8 hours in any period of 24 hours access for vehicles of any class, to any premises situated on or adjacent to the road, or to any other premises accessible for pedestrians, or (as the case may be) for vehicles of that class, from, and only from, the road. (2) Subsection (1) above, so far as it relates to vehicles, shall not have effect in so far as the authority making the order are satisfied, and it is stated in the order that they are satisfied, that— (a) for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road to which the order relates o [...]

Provision 4· GB, RTRA1984, section s4

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 4 (4) (1) A traffic regulation order may make provision for identifying any part of any road to which, or any time at which or period during which, any provision contained in the order is for the time being to apply by means of a traffic sign of a type or character specified in the order (being a type prescribed or character authorised under section 64 of this Act) and for the time being lawfully in place; and for the purposes of any such order so made any such traffic sign placed on and near a road shall be deemed to be lawfully in place unless the contrary is proved. (2) A traffic regulation order which imposes any restriction on the use by vehicles of a road, or the waiting of vehicles in a road, may include provision with respect to the issue a [...]

Provision 5· GB, RTRA1984, section s5

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 5 (5) (1) A person who contravenes a traffic regulation order, or who uses a vehicle, or causes or permits a vehicle to be used in contravention of a traffic regulation order, shall be guilty of an offence. In Greater London Orders similar to traffic regulation orders.

Provision 6· GB, RTRA1984, section s6

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 6 (6) (1) The traffic authority for a road in Greater London may make an order under this section for controlling or regulating vehicular and other traffic (including pedestrians).Provision may, in particular, be made—— (a) for any of the purposes, or with respect to any of the matters, mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act, and (b) for any other purpose which is a purpose mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 1(1) of this Act. (2) In the case of a road for which the Secretary of State or a strategic highways company is the traffic authority, the power to make an order under this section is also exercisable, with his or its consent, by the local traffic authority. (3) Any order under this section may be made so as to apply— (a) to the [...]

Provision 7· GB, RTRA1984, section s6

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 6 “street ” includes any highway, any bridge carrying a highway and any lane, mews, footway, square, court, alley or passage whether a thoroughfare or not; and in subsection (4) above “the prescribed manner ” means the manner prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State which were or are in force at the time of publication of the notice. Supplementary provisions as to orders under s. 6.

Provision 8· GB, RTRA1984, section s7

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 7 (7) (1) Any order under section 6 of this Act may make provision for identifying any part of any road to which, or any time at which or period during which, any provision contained in the order is for the time being to apply by means of a traffic sign of a type or character specified in the order (being a type prescribed or character authorised under section 64 of this Act) and for the time being lawfully in place; and, for the purposes of any order so made, any such traffic sign placed on or near a street shall be deemed to be lawfully in place unless the contrary is proved. (2) Any such order which imposes any restriction on the use by vehicles of streets in Greater London, or the waiting of vehicles in such streets, may include provision with [...]

Provision 9· GB, RTRA1984, section s7

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 7 (4) Any such order may provide for the suspension or modification, so long as the order remains in force, of any provisions of any Acts (whether public general or local or private, and including provisions contained in this Act), byelaws or regulations dealing with the same subject matter as the order, or of any Acts conferring power to make byelaws or regulations dealing with the same subject matter, so far as such provisions apply to any place or street to which the order applies. (5) No appeal shall lie to the Secretary of State from the traffic commissioner for the Metropolitan Traffic Area under section 42 of the Transport Act 1985 in the case of a decision of his with respect to a London local service licence if and so far as he certifies t [...]

Provision 10· GB, RTRA1984, section s8

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 8 (8) (1) Any person who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, an order under section 6 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. Experimental traffic schemes Experimental traffic orders.

Provision 11· GB, RTRA1984, section s9

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 9 (9) (1) The traffic authority for a road may, for the purposes of carrying out an experimental scheme of traffic control, make an order under this section (referred to in this Act as an “ experimental traffic order ”) making any such provision— (a) as respects a road outside Greater London, as may be made by a traffic regulation order; (b) as respects a road in Greater London, as may be made by an order under section 6, 45, 46, 49, or 83(2) or by virtue of section 84(1)(a) of this Act. (2) An experimental traffic order made by a local traffic authority outside Greater London may, with the consent of the Secretary of State or a strategic highways company, extend to a road in relation to which he or it is the traffic authority if the order forms pa [...]

Provision 12· GB, RTRA1984, section s9

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 9 (5) Where an experimental traffic order made by a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London has not ceased to be in force, and the Secretary of State is satisfied that— (a) an order which the council propose to make under any of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (1)(b) above has the sole effect of reproducing and continuing in force indefinitely the provisions of the experimental traffic order (whether or not that order has been varied, or has been modified or suspended under section 10(2) of this Act), and (b) in consequence of the council causing a public inquiry to be held into the order so proposed to be made, they would be unable to make it so that it would come into operation before the experimental [...]

Provision 13· GB, RTRA1984, section s10

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 10 (10) (1) An experimental traffic order— (a) may provide for the suspension or modification, while the order is in force, of any provision previously made by or under any enactment, if it is a provision that could have been made by the order; and (b) shall, to the extent that it is inconsistent with any provision subsequently made by or under any enactment, cease to have effect. (2) An experimental traffic order may include provision empowering a specified officer of the authority who made the order, or a person authorised by such a specified officer, to modify or suspend the operation of the order or any provision of it if it appears to him essential— (a) in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, (b) in the in [...]

Provision 14· GB, RTRA1984, section s10

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 10 (a) the routes to be followed, or roads which are not to be used, by vehicles affected by the decision, or (b) the places in roads where such vehicles may or may not wait, or (c) the stopping places for such vehicles. (5) The Secretary of State may repay to a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London any expenses incurred by that council in connection with any experimental traffic order made by them. (6) The reference in subsection (4) above to the Metropolitan Traffic Area shall be construed as if it were contained in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981. Contravention of experimental traffic order.

Provision 15· GB, RTRA1984, section s11

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 11 (11) (1) Any person who acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, an experimental traffic order shall be guilty of an offence.

Provision 16· GB, RTRA1984, section s13

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 13 (13) Temporary suspension Temporary suspension of provisions under s. 6 or 9 orders.

Provision 17· GB, RTRA1984, section s13a

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 13a (13A) (1) The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or the Commissioner of Police for the City of London may temporarily suspend the operation of any provision of an order made under section 6 or 9 of this Act so far as that provision relates to any road or part of a road in Greater London which is within his area, in order to prevent or mitigate congestion or obstruction of traffic, or danger to or from traffic in consequence of extraordinary circumstances. (2) Subject to subsection (3) below, the period of suspension under subsection (1) above shall not continue for more than 7 days. (3) If the Secretary of State gives his consent to the period of suspension being continued for more than 7 days, the suspension shall continue until the end [...]

Provision 18· GB, RTRA1984, section s14

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 14 (14) (1) If the traffic authority for a road are satisfied that traffic on the road should be restricted or prohibited— (a) because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road; or (b) because of the likelihood of danger to the public, or of serious damage to the road, which is not attributable to such works; or (c) for the purpose of enabling the duty imposed by section 89(1)(a) or (2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (litter clearing and cleaning) to be discharged, the authority may by order restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of that road, or of any part of it, by vehicles, or vehicles of any class, or by pedestrians, to such extent and subject to such conditions or exceptions as they may consider necessary. [...]

Provision 19· GB, RTRA1984, section s14

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 14 (a) any such provision as is mentioned in section 2(1), (2) or (3) or 4(1) of this Act; or (b) any provision restricting the speed of vehicles; but no such order or notice shall be made or issued with respect to any road which would have the effect of preventing at any time access for pedestrians to any premises situated on or adjacent to the road, or to any other premises accessible for pedestrians from, and only from, the road. (5) Where any such order or notice is made or issued by an authority (in this subsection referred to as the “initiating authority”) any such provision as is mentioned in subsection (4) above may be made as respects any alternative road— (a) if that authority is the traffic authority for the alternative road, by an order [...]

Provision 20· GB, RTRA1984, section s14

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 14 (b) an order under section 32(1)(b), 35, 45, 46 or 49 of this Act or any such order as is mentioned in paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 10 to this Act; and (c) an order under section 6 of this Act so far as it designates any parking places in Greater London. (9) In this section “alternative road”, in relation to a road as respects which an order is made under subsection (1) or a notice is issued under subsection (2) above, means a road which— (a) provides an alternative route for traffic diverted from the first-mentioned road or from any other alternative road; or (b) is capable of providing such an alternative route apart from any statutory provision authorised by subsection (7) above to be suspended by an order made or notice issued by virtue of su [...]

Provision 21· GB, RTRA1984, section s15

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 15 (15) (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (5) below, an order under section 14 of this Act shall not continue in force— (a) if it is in respect of a footpath, bridleway restricted byway,, cycle track or byway open to all traffic, for more than six months; and (b) in any other case, for more than eighteen months, from the date on which it comes into force. (2) The time-limit of eighteen months in subsection (1) above shall not apply to an order made for the reason mentioned in section 14(1)(a) of this Act if the authority making it are satisfied, and it is stated in the order that they are satisfied, that the execution of the works in question will take longer; but in any such case the authority shall revoke the order as soon as the works are [...]

Provision 22· GB, RTRA1984, section s15

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 15 (4) Where the national authority is not ... the authority that made the temporary order the national authority shall not give a direction under subsection (3) above except at the request of the authority that made the temporary order. (5) The national authority may, at the request of an authority that has made an order subject to the time-limit of six months in subsection (1) above, from time to time direct that the order shall continue in force for a further period from the date on which it would otherwise cease to be in force. (6) Where the national authority refuses a request under subsection (5) above in respect of an order no further order to which that subsection applies shall be made in respect of any length of road to which the previous [...]

Provision 23· GB, RTRA1984, section s15

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 15 (a) a restriction or prohibition imposed by an order under that section may be continued by a further order or further orders under that section; and (b) a restriction or prohibition imposed by a notice under that section may be continued— (i) by an order under that section; or (ii) if the notice was issued for the reason mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section, by one (but not more than one) further notice under that section. (9) In the application of this section to England and Wales— (a) “footpath” does not include a highway over which the public have a right of way on foot only which is at the side of a public road; (b) “cycle track” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980; and (c) “byway open to all traffic” means a highway [...]

Provision 24· GB, RTRA1984, section s16

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 16 (16) (1) A person who contravenes, or who uses or permits the use of a vehicle in contravention of, a restriction or prohibition imposed under section 14 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. (2) The national authority may make regulations with respect to the procedure to be followed in connection with the making of orders and the issue of notices under section 14 of this Act including provision for notifying the public of the exercise, or proposed exercise, of the powers conferred by that section and of the effect of orders and notices made or issued in the exercise of those powers. (2A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) above, the national authority may by regulations under that subsection make, in relation to such ord [...]

Provision 25· GB, RTRA1984, section s16a

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 16a (16A) (1) In this section “ relevant event ” means any sporting event, social event or entertainment which is held on a road. (2) If the traffic authority for a road are satisfied that traffic on the road should be restricted or prohibited for the purpose of— (a) facilitating the holding of a relevant event, (b) enabling members of the public to watch a relevant event, or (c) reducing the disruption to traffic likely to be caused by a relevant event, the authority may by order restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of that road, or any part of it, by vehicles or vehicles of any class or by pedestrians, to such extent and subject to such conditions or exceptions as they may consider necessary or expedient. (3) Before making an order under this [...]