CITY OF WESTMINSTER

The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Order 1998 St. James’s Ward Parking Study

Notice is hereby given that the Westminster City Council, on 18th March 1998, made the above-mentioned Order under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Local Government Act 1985.
  The general effect of the Order will be, by way of an experiment, to convert certain 2-hour pay and display parking places in Drury Lane, Henrietta Street, Savoy Place and William IV Street to 4-hour pay and display parking places.
  The classes of vehicles for which the parking places will be available, and the hours during which they will operate will remain the same.
  The parking charge in respect of the parking places will be at the rate of 10p for 2 minutes, up to a maximum period at any one time of 4 hours for £12. NB: The minimum charge will be 50p for 10 minutes.
  The Order provides that in pursuance of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Council’s Director of Planning and Environment, for the time being, or some person authorised in that behalf by him may, if it appears to him or that person essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the Order runs, modify or suspend the Order or any provision thereof.
  Copies of the Experimental Order, which will come into force for the purposes of the placing of traffic signs etc. on 30th March 1998 and for all other purposes on 6th April 1998, and of other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order, including drawings, are available for inspection within the period of 6 months from 6th April 1998 until 5th October 1998, in One Stop Services, City of Westminster, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QP.
  Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order 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 of the relevant requirements thereof, or of any relevant regulations made thereunder, has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within 6 weeks from the date of which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.
  If the provisions of the Order continue in force for a period of not less than 6 months, the Council will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Order should be reproduced and continued in force indefinitely by means of an Order under section 45 of the said Act of 1984. Persons who wish to object to the making of the Order under section 45 of the said Act of 1984 for the purpose of such reproduction and continuation in force may, within the period of 6 months referred to in paragraph 6 above, send a statement in writing of their objection and the grounds thereof to the Council’s agents, The Project Centre Limited, 61-71 Collier Street, London N1 9BE, quoting the ref. PCL/PM/LB32/141/1106/S9.
A. J. Lear, Director of Planning and Environment 20th March 1998.