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London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2004-05 to 2007-08

Type of Bill:
Private Bill
Parliamentary agents:
Sharpe Pritchard
Promoted by:
Westminster City Council and Transport for London

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Act of Parliament

House Act Date
London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 (c. iii) - pdf version (PDF, 193KB) 28.07.2008

Latest news on the Bill

The Bill received Royal Assent on 21st July 2008.  The Bill is now an Act of Parliament.

 

Petition information

There will be no further opportunities to petition against this bill.

  • Commons petitioning period ended 25.01.05 
  • Lords petitioning period ended 15.12.05

Summary of the Bill

London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill

The Bill gives the London Borough Councils and Transport for London (TfL) further miscellaneous powers in respect of their responsibilities as highway, traffic and street authorities. These powers include:

  • extending various provisions covering the procedures for immobilisation, removal and disposal of illegally parked vehicles
  • recovering release fees from a vehicle’s owner when an immobilisation device fixed to the vehicle by a parking attendant has been removed from the vehicle unlawfully
  • enabling parking attendants and other authorised officers, when carrying out their functions, to remove anything that obscures a registration mark
  • extending the limitation on the period within which a parking authority can serve a notice to a vehicle owner for parking contraventions
  • enabling councils and TfL to take additional enforcement action in cases where three or more penalty charges remain unpaid in respect of a particular vehicle
  • prohibiting parking on footways and verges which form part of an urban road, unless the Highway Authority has specifically allowed parking in the area
  • enabling the authorities to ensure that road traffic signs and traffic enforcement cameras are kept unobscured by overhanging vegetation
  • enabling a traffic authority to prohibit or restrict traffic on roads so that film-making may take place, including the closing of roads so that members of the public can watch the film-making.

Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.

Read the Explanatory Memorandum

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