Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 981

The A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Bus Lane) Order 2000

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 981

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Bus Lane) Order 2000

	Made	31st March 2000
	Coming into force	10th April 2000

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis pursuant to section 7(6) of that Act[2], hereby makes the following Order:

    1.This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Bus Lane) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.

    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;

"Sipson Way" means the road 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[3];

"taxi" has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994[4]; and

"eastbound bus lane" means the left hand or nearside lane of the eastbound carriageway of the trunk road between a point 57 metres west of the eastern kerbline of Sipson Way and a point 6 metres west of the eastern kerbline of Sipson Way, a distance of approximately 51 metres.

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

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions


P Harwood
A Grade 7 Officer, Highways Agency, London Network & Customer Services Division

31st March 2000

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Notes:

[1] 1984 c. 27; section 6(1) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168 and Schedule 8, paragraph 21(2) and by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), section 120 and Schedule 22, paragraph 36(2). Section 6(3) was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 8 and Schedule 5, paragraph 4(3).back

[2] Section 7(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).back

[3] 1981 c. 14. Section 1 was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), Schedule 8.back

[4] S.I. 1994/1519; to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.back

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