Traffic regulation
42.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article the undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised guided busway, at any time prior to the expiry of 12 months from the opening of the system for use and with the consent of the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated—
(a)prohibit or restrict the waiting or the loading or unloading of vehicles in the manner specified in Part 1 of Schedule 9 to this Order on those roads specified in column (2) and along the lengths and between the points specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule;
(b)prohibit driving by the establishment of bus and cycle lanes on the roads specified in column (2) and along the lengths and between the points specified in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 9 to this Order;
(c)prohibit vehicle turning in the manner specified in Part 3 of Schedule 9 to this Order on the roads specified in column (2) and at the points and as respects direction to the extent specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule;
(d)prohibit driving in the manner specified in Part 4 of Schedule 9 to this Order on those roads specified in column (2) and at the points and as respects direction to the extent specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule;
(e)make provision for parking as specified in Part 5 of Schedule 9 to this Order in the locations specified in column (2) and in the manner specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule; and
(f)revoke any traffic regulation order in so far as it is inconsistent with any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the undertaker under this paragraph.
(2) The undertaker shall not exercise the powers of this article unless it has—
(a)given not less than 12 weeks' notice in writing of its intention so to do to the chief officer of police and to the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated; and
(b)advertised its intention in such manner as the traffic authority may within 28 days of its receipt of notice of the undertaker’s intention specify in writing.
(3) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the undertaker under sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) or (f) shall have effect as if duly made by the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated as a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act and the instrument by which it is effected may—
(a)define categories of vehicle to be included in any class for the purpose of any prohibition, restriction or other provision mentioned in Schedule 9; and
(b)specify savings (in addition to those mentioned in Schedule 9) to which the prohibition, restriction or other provision is subject.
(4) Any authorisation of a parking place made by the undertaker under sub-paragraph (1)(e) shall have effect as if duly made by the local authority as an order under section 32 of the 1984 Act.