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Welsh Statutory Instruments
Road Traffic, Wales
Made
5 June 2019
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
6 June 2019
Coming into force
1 July 2019
This Order is made by the Welsh Ministers(1) in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004(2).
The Council of the County Borough and City of Newport has applied to the Welsh Ministers for an Order to be made under these powers in respect of part of that Council's area.
The Welsh Ministers have consulted the chief officer of Gwent Police in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 8(3) of Schedule 8 and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Traffic Management Act 2004.
1. The title of this Order is the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County Borough and City of Newport) Designation Order 2019 and it comes into force on 1 July 2019.
2. The Welsh Ministers designate the area described in the Schedule to this Order as-
(a)a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions; and
(b)a special enforcement area.
Ken Skates
Minister for Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers
5 June 2019
Article 2
The area of the County Borough and City of Newport ("the County Borough and City") with the exception of-
(a)the length of the M4 Motorway within the County Borough and City, from the boundary with the City and County of Cardiff to the boundary with the County of Monmouthshire, including its exit and entry slip roads;
(b)the length of the A48 Motorway within the County Borough and City, from the boundary with the City and County of Cardiff to the junction with the M4 Motorway;
(c)the length of the A449 Trunk Road within the County Borough and City, from the junction with the M4 Motorway to the boundary with the County of Monmouthshire; and
(d)the length of the A4042 Trunk Road within the County Borough and City, from the junction with the M4 Motorway to the boundary with the County Borough of Torfaen.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the area described in the Schedule to this Order as a civil enforcement area for parking contraventions and a special enforcement area for the purpose of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. This Order enables the Council of the County Borough and City of Newport to enforce parking contraventions within the area described in the Schedule to this Order through a civil law regime, as opposed to enforcement by police or traffic wardens in a criminal law context.
A full Regulatory Impact Assessment and Explanatory Memorandum can be obtained from the Orders Branch, Transport, Economic Infrastructure, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ or on the National Assembly for Wales website at http://senedd.assembly.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=14828.
By virtue of section 92 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, the National Assembly for Wales was designated as the appropriate national authority as regards Wales, for the purposes of Part 6 of that Act. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under the Traffic Management Act 2004 were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).