1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Westminster City Council on 16th October 2023 made the following Orders under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended:

• The City of Westminster (A Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2023;

• The City of Westminster (Bus Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2023;

• The City of Westminster (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Permit Parking Places) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2023;

• The City of Westminster (Motorcycle Parking Places) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2023;

• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (B Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2023;

• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (C Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2023; and

• The City of Westminster (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (No. 4) Experimental Order 2023.

2. The general effect of the Orders will be, on an experimental basis, to introduce dockless e-scooter / cycle hire parking places at various locations in Controlled Parking Zones A, B and C, as detailed in the Schedule to this Notice. The Schedule also includes details of revisions to current parking and waiting restrictions to facilitate the installation of the e-scooter and cycle hire parking places.

3. E-scooter / cycle hire parking places can only be used by rental e-scooters available through the experimental trial being run by Transport for London, London Councils and participating London Boroughs (currently provided by Dott, Lime and Voi) and by authorised dockless e-bikes (currently provided by ‘(Human) Forest’, Lime and TIER).

4. The Orders, which will come into force on 25th October 2023, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection until such time as the Orders cease to have effect, at https://westminstertransportationservices.co.uk/notices and, in person by appointment only, at Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP, between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except bank / public holidays). Please telephone 020 3116 9388 or email tmo.westminster@wsp.com to arrange an appointment.

5. The Orders shall provide that, subject to the provisions of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Council’s Head of Parking for the time being, or some person authorised in that behalf by him, may, if it appears to him or that person essential:

(a) in the interest of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic;

(b) in the interest of providing suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway; or

(c) for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the Order runs,

modify or suspend the Orders or the provisions contained therein.

6. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any relevant requirements thereof or any relevant regulations made thereunder have not been complied with in relation to the Orders may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

7. The Council will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Experimental Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of Orders made under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 63 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation within a period of six months, beginning from the date on which the Experimental Orders came into force or, if the Experimental Orders are varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the date on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification comes into force. Any objection must be in writing, stating the grounds on which it is made, and sent to the Council’s agents, WSP Traffic Order Team, 3rd Floor, WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF, or by email to tmo.westminster@wsp.com quoting reference 8010/LH/2.

Dated 18th October 2023

JONATHAN ROWING, Head of Parking (The officer appointed for this purpose)