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amend the law so as to require traffic authorities to cause traffic signs to be |
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placed on or near roads for the purpose of indicating the location of historic |
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county, town and village boundaries; to require the Ordnance Survey of Great |
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Britain and Northern Ireland to mark the boundaries of the historic counties, |
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towns and villages on its maps; and for connected purposes. |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Duty of traffic authorities to indicate historic boundaries |
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(1) | A traffic authority must take such steps as they consider reasonable to cause |
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traffic signs to be placed on or near roads for the purpose of indicating the |
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location of historic county, town or village boundaries. |
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“boundaries” means such boundaries as may be determined— |
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(a) | in respect of England, by the Secretary of State, |
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(b) | in respect of Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers, and |
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(c) | in respect of Wales, by the Welsh Ministers; |
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“historic county, town or village” means such places as may be designated |
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for the purposes of this Act— |
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(a) | in respect of England, by the Secretary of State, |
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(b) | in respect of Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers, and |
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(c) | in respect of Wales, by the Welsh Ministers; |
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“traffic authority” has the same meaning as in section 121A of the Road |
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Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (traffic authorities). |
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2 | Amendment of Traffic Signs Regulations 2002 |
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(1) | The Traffic Signs Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3113) are amended as follows. |
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(2) | In Regulation 4 (interpretation) at the appropriate point insert— |
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““historic county, town or village” means such places as may be |
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designated for the purposes of the Historic Counties, Towns and |
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Villages (Traffic Signs and Mapping) Act 2007; |
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“historic county, town or village boundary” means such boundaries as |
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may be determined for the purposes of that Act;”. |
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(3) | In Part V of Schedule 7 (boundary signs)— |
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(a) | in the description under diagram 2401, after item (d) insert “; or |
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(e) | historic county, town or village boundary”; and |
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(b) | in the table following that description, in Item 4, for “or a London |
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borough” substitute “, a London borough or a historic county, town or |
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This Act may be cited as the Historic Counties, Towns and Villages (Traffic |
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Signs and Mapping) Act 2007. |
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