PartMiscellaneous
Home zones
74Home zones
1
A local traffic authority may, with a view to implementing measures for securing any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) below, designate as a home zone any road for which they are the traffic authority.
2
The purposes mentioned in subsection (1) above are—
a
to improve the safety of persons using the road or any area in the vicinity of the road;
b
to improve or preserve the environment through which the road runs;
c
to improve the facilities provided on, or in the vicinity of, the road in such a way as to bring benefits to any persons using the road (not being persons using motor vehicles); and
d
to any extent to implement their transport policies.
3
Where a local traffic authority have, by virtue of subsection (1) above, designated a road they shall prepare and publish a report on the measures (if any) they have implemented for securing the purpose or purposes for which the designation was made.
4
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with—
a
specifying the roads, or classes of road, that may be designated;
b
the procedure to be followed when making, varying or revoking designations (including provision as to consultation);
c
the confirmation of designations by them;
d
the preparation of reports under subsection (3) above; and
e
the times at which and manner in which such reports are to be published.
5
In this section “transport policies”, in relation to a local traffic authority, means the policies formulated from time to time under section 63(2)(b) of the 1985 Act by the local authority who are the local traffic authority.