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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
6th June 1994
Coming into force
11th June 1994
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(1) and (3), and 7(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consulting the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis pursuant to section 7(6) of that Act(2), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the A23 Trunk Road (Purley Way, Croydon) (Box Junction) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 11th June 1994.
2. In this Order-
"boxed area" means the area of the carriageway of the trunk road specified in the Schedule to this Order, being an area of the said carriageway which is marked by the traffic sign specified in diagram 1043 in the Traffic Signs Regulations 1981(3); and
"the trunk road" means that part of the A23 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Croydon known as Purley Way.
3. Save as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to enter the boxed area if it would become necessary for the whole of any part of the vehicle to remain stationary within that area due to the presence of other stationary vehicles.
4. The provisions of article 3 above shall not apply-
(a)in respect of a vehicle being used for police, fire brigade or ambulance purposes;
(b)to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden;
(c)so as to render it unlawful to cause or permit the whole, or any part of a vehicle to remain stationary within the boxed area while waiting to complete a right turn for so long as the vehicle is prevented from completing that turn by reason either of oncoming vehicles or of the presence of other stationary vehicles waiting in or near that area to complete a right turn; or
(d)so as to render it unlawful to cause or permit the whole or any part of a vehicle to remain stationary in the boxed area if, when the whole or any part of the vehicle entered that area, the person so causing or permitting had reason to believe that he would immediately be able to cause or permit the vehicle to be driven out of that area.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
P J Bevis
A Grade 6 Officer Highways Agency London Office
6th June 1994
(article 2)
The area of the trunk road marked with the traffic sign referred to in article 2 above which is in the trunk road at its junction with Epsom Road (A232).
1984 c. 27; section 6(1) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168 and Schedule 8, paragraph 21(2).
Section 7(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).
S.I. 1981/859, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
