D58-2852 - Talbot Road, Port Talbot

(Revocation) and (Limited Waiting) Order 2023

Statement of Reason

NOTICE is given that the Council on the 23rd January 2023 made an Order in pursuance of its powers as contained in Sections 1, 2 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 the effect of which is as set out in the Schedules below.

A copy of the Order can be inspected on the Council’s Internet Website.

The Order will come into force on the 30th January 2023.

If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order or of any of its powers on the  grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act or that any  requirements of the Act or of any instrument made under the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Order is made, apply for that  purpose to the High Court.

Schedules

Schedule 1 - Revocation

• 1.1 Any existing Orders are hereby revoked only in so far as they relate to the side and length of road set out in Schedule 2 of this Order.

Schedule 2 - Waiting Limited to 1 hour, No return within 2 hours, Monday to Saturday, 8.00am to 6.00pm

2.1 Talbot Road, Port Talbot (North east side)

• From a point approximately 8 metres north west of its junction with
  Beverley Street for a distance of approximately 24 metres in a north
  westerly direction.

DATED 26th JANUARY 2023
M C GRIFFITHS
HEAD OF LEGAL & DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

The Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council in exercise of their powers under Sections 1, 2 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1984) and of all other powers them enabling and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 of the Act of 1984 hereby makes the following  order:-

1. This Order shall come into force on the 30th day of January 2023 and may be cited as the “Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Talbot Road, Port Talbot) (Revocation) and (Limited Waiting) Order 2023.
2. (1) In this Order –
   1. • “Disabled Person’s Vehicle” has the same meaning as in The Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (Wales) (Amended) Regulations 2000;
      • “Disabled Persons Badge” has the same meaning as in The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Wales) (Amended) Regulations 2000;
      • “Relevant Position” has the same meaning as in The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Wales) (Amended) Regulations 2000;
      • “Public Service Vehicle” shall have the same meaning as in Section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and “local service” shall have the same meaning as in Section 1 of the Transport Act 1985;
      • “Universal Providers” means those operators of postal services who are licensed to provide all or part of a Universal Postal Service under the provisions contained in the Postal Services Act 2000. 
   2. Except where otherwise stated, any reference in this Order to a numbered article or schedule is a reference to the article or schedule bearing that number in this Order.
   3. The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. Any existing no waiting at any time Orders (if any) are hereby revoked only in so far as they relate to the side and length of roads set out in the Schedule of this Order.
4. Save as provided in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Order, no person except on the direction of a Police Constable in uniform or a Parking Attendant shall cause or permit any vehicle to wait for more than 1 hour or to return within 2 hours to the same length of side of road on which that period of waiting began between the hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Saturday on the length of side of road set out in the Schedule to this Order.
5. Nothing in Article 4 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit a disabled person's vehicle which displays in the relevant position a disabled person's badge to wait on the length of side of road referred to in the said Article.
6. Nothing in Article 4 shall render it unlawful to cause or permit any vehicle to wait on the lengths of roads specified therein for so long as may be necessary to enable: -
   
   • A person to board or alight from a vehicle
   • The vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road, to be used in connection with any of the following operations, namely: -
     • Building, industrial or demolition operations;
     • The removal of any obstruction to traffic;
     • The laying, erection, alteration or repair in or on land adjacent to the said lengths of sides of road of any sewer or any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or any telecommunications apparatus defined in the Telecommunications Act 1984;
   • The vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road, to be used in the service of a Local Authority or a Water Authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties;
   • The vehicle to be used by a Universal Service Provider for the purpose of delivering or collecting postal packets;
   • Public Service Vehicles operating a local service when waiting at an authorised bus stop to set down or pick up passengers, or to school buses;
   • The vehicle to take in petrol, oil, water or air from any garage situated on or adjacent to the said length of road.
7. Nothing in Article 4 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit any vehicle to wait on the length of side of road specified therein for so long as may be necessary to enable goods to be loaded and unloaded from the vehicle.
8. The prohibitions imposed by Article 4 of this Order shall not apply to Police, Fire, Ambulance or other Emergency Service vehicles or to Local Authority vehicles when in pursuance of statutory duties or powers.