C1Part I General Provisions for Traffic Regulation
Outside Greater London
2 What a traffic regulation order may provide.
1
The provision that may be made by a traffic regulation order is (subject to the following subsections and to sections 3 and 4 of this Act) 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
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, but subject to section 3 of this Act, the provision that may be made by a traffic regulation order as mentioned in that subsection 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 proceeding;
b
specifying the part of the carriageway to be used by such traffic proceeding in a specified direction;
c
prohibiting or restricting the waiting of vehicles or the loading and unloading of vehicles;
d
prohibiting the use of roads by through traffic; or
e
prohibiting or restricting overtaking.
3
The provision that may be made by a traffic regulation order also includes provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the use of a road, or of any part of the width of a road, by, or by any specified class of, pedestrians—
a
either generally or subject to exceptions specified in the order, and
b
either at all times or at times, on days or during periods so specified.
4
A local F1authority (as defined in section 1(2)(a) of this Act)F1roads authority may include in a traffic regulation order any such provision—
a
specifying through routes for heavy commercial vehicles, or
b
prohibiting or restricting the use of heavy commercial vehicles (except in such cases, if any, as may be specified in the order) in such zones or on such roads as may be so specified,
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 or the Secretary of State otherwise than by virtue of that subsection.
Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (S.) (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp. 16), s. 38 (with ss. 52, 60)