GREENWICH COUNCIL

The Greenwich (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) (Amendment No. 18) Order 1998

Notice is hereby given that Greenwich Council, hereinafter called the Council, on 19th March 1998 made the above-mentioned Order under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Local Government Act 1985 and the Road Traffic Act 1991.   2. The general effect of the Order will be to further amend the Greenwich (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) Order 1994 so as to:   (a) revoke the disabled persons parking places situated outside or adjacent to No. 33 Bennett Park, No. 67 Dairsie Road, No. 4 Dunvegan Road and No. 73 a Vernham Road;   (b) designate disabled persons parking places, shown in the Schedule to this notice, in which vehicles authorised by the Order may be left for any period during the permitted hours without charge;   (c) provide that each parking place will operate at any time (Christmas Day, Good Friday and Bank Holidays excepted);   (d) specify, in respect of each parking place, that disabled persons’ vehicles displaying in the relevant position a disabled person’s badge (commonly referred to as “the Orange Badge”) issued by any local authority under the provisions of the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations 1982 may be left therein; and   (e) provide that certain vehicles may wait in each parking place in certain circumstances, e.g., to allow persons to board or alight (maximum 2 minutes), to load or unload (maximum 20 minutes), etc.   3. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 2 will not apply in relation to vehicles being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes in certain circumstances.   4. The above-mentioned prohibition will not apply to anything done:   (i) with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a parking attendant;   (ii) in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed on the highway by or on behalf of the Metropolitan Police.   5. A copy of the Order, which will come into operation on 6th April 1998, together with plans showing the locations and effects of the Order, can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive, at Development Services, Greenwich Council, Peggy Middleton House, 50 Woolwich New Road, Woolwich SE18 6HQ, for 6 weeks following the date the Order was made and copies of the Order may be obtained from the same address.   6. 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 relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of the making of the Order, make application for the purpose to the High Court. J. Barnes, Borough Secretary and Solicitor Town Hall, Wellington Street,   Woolwich SE18 6PW.

Schedule

   Barth Road, north-west side, from a point 0.90 metres north-east of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 9 and 11 Barth Road extending south-westward for a distance of 6 metres.    Bostall Lane, the north-west side, from a point 0.60 metres north-east of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 114 and 116 Bostall Lane extending south-westward for a distance of 6 metres.    Bracondale Road, the north side, from a point 1 metre east of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 179 to 181 Bracondale Road extending westward for a distance of 6 metres.    Brewery Road, the north-east side, from a point 0.4 metres south-east of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 61 and 63 Brewery Road extending north-westward for a distance of 6 metres.    Combwell Crescent, the east side of the easternmost arm, from a point 6 metres north-west of a point opposite the northernmost wall of Nos. 2 to 40 Combwell Crescent extending north-westward for a distance of 2.40 metres and at an angle of 90° to the kerb.    Oakmere Road, the south-east side, from a point 0.30 metres north-east of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 8 and 10 Oakmere Road extending south-westward for a distance of 6 metres.    Rectory Place, the east side, from a point 5 metres north of the southern flank wall of Nos. 88 to 94 Rectory Place extending northward for a distance of 6 metres.    Southold Rise, the west side, from a point 0.50 metres south of a point opposite the south-eastern flank wall of No. 4 Southold Rise extending northward for a distance of 6 metres.    Tewson Road, the north-west side, from a point 0.90 metres north-east of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 34 and 36 Tewson Road extending south-westward for a distance of 6 metres. 19th March 1998.