Corporation of London

LIVERPOOL STREET—BUS STOP CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS

Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of London, on 19th January 2001, made an Order under sections 6 and 124 of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The effect of the Order will be to amend The City of London (Bus Stop Clearways) (No. 1) Order 2000, so as to prohibit vehicles from stopping at any time on any area of carriageway of Liverpool Street which is marked on the carriageway by a yellow “bus stand” or “bus stop” marking and by a single yellow line. The prohibition will not apply: (a) to a bus being used for operational reasons whilst providing a bus service forming part of the London Bus network and under agreement with Transport for London; or (b) to a bus or taxi as defined in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994, whilst picking up or setting down passengers; or (c) to a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes in an emergency; or (d) in certain circumstances, to a vehicle being used in the service of a local authority, the removal of any obstruction to traffic or the repair, etc., of the highway or of any service therein; or (e) where the person in control of the vehicle is required by law to stop or does so in order to avoid an acident; or (f) to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. A copy of the Order, which will come into operation on 29th January 2001, of the above-mentioned Order of 2000, and of a plan showing the affected street can be inspected, during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the end of 6 weeks from the date on which the Order was made, in The Town Clerk’s Department, Guildhall, London E.C.2. Copies of the Order may be obtained from the Department of Technical Services, Guidhall, London E.C.2. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained therein on the ground that it is not within the powers of the relevant section of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any of the relevant requirments thereof, or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. W. G. Row, Director of Technical Services 22nd January 2001.