1. Notice is hereby given that the Council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets propose to make the following Order under sections 45, 46, 49 and 124 of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended: The Tower Hamlets (Parking Places Orders) (General Amendment) (No.1) Order 2015.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to introduce a virtual, paperless form of parking permit for all types of parking permit, including scratch cards. In order to obtain a paperless permit, the new system would require that:

a. any person wishing to park a vehicle and being eligible to apply for the relevant permit or scratch card for that vehicle would, prior to parking the vehicle, register the vehicle's registration mark and parking period and pay the relevant charge;

b. the Council or its agents would create and maintain an electronic register of the virtual (paperless) permits and scratch cards associated with the vehicle registration marks, which may be accessed by any authorised person by telephone, radio, other online or electronic means of communication or any hand-held device so as to be able to identify a particular vehicle, whether the permit charge has been paid and whether the period for which that charge is applicable has expired.

3. The Council may introduce the virtual system at different times for different types of permit.

4. The proposed Order and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the proposals are available for inspection until six weeks have elapsed from the date on which either the Order is made or the council decides not to make the Order at: the Parking Mobility &Transport Services Offices, 585-593 Commercial Road, London E1 0HJ (020 7364 6952) during normal office hours on Monday to Friday.

Dated: 19th April 2018

ROBIN PAYNE

INTERIM SERVICE HEAD (PUBLIC REALM) PLACE