NORTH DORSET DISTRICT COUNCIL

The North Dorset (Off-Street) Parking Places Order 1997 Variation Order No. 1

Notice is hereby given that on 17th June 1998, the North Dorset District Council made a Variation Order to the North Dorset (Off-Street) Parking Places Order 1997, under section 35 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972, the effect of which is:   To increase the excess charge (and amount equivalent to an excess charge) from £30 to £40 where a vehicle is parked in contravention of the North Dorset (Off-Street) Parking Places Order 1997, in various circumstances and to increase the reduced charge from £15 to £20 if payment is made within 21 days.   To incorporate within the Car Park Order the new car parks at:     (i) Hod Hill, Hanford;     (ii) The Bridge Amenity Area, Sturminster Newton;     (iii) Woolland Hill, Bulbarrow;     (iv) Stour Meadows, Blandford St. Mary.   Parking in all the above car parks will be free of charge.   To delete Victoria Street Car Park from the current Order since it is no longer available for car parking purposes.   To authorise and regulate the collection and payment of charges (some of which have been increased by this Variation Order), and to impose all the charges specified in the Schedule attached to the Order at the times and places therein shown.   A copy of the Order, and the relevant maps and plans showing the above-mentioned changes and a statement of reasons for making the Order can be inspected at ‘Nordon’, Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7LL, during normal office hours, 8.40 a.m. to 5 p.m. (but 4 p.m. on Fridays).   Anyone wishing to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or on the grounds that any requirement of the Act or any Instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of 29th May 1998, apply to the High Court for that purpose. D. Holling, Solicitor to the Council 18th June 1998.