Bus Lanes

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Dear Lancashire County Council,
I believe that the purposes of bus lane enforcement are set out in the Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005.) The available Government online legislation relating to Lancashire CC only lists S/I 2004/2028 Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area,

1) Please could you provide a copy and/or link to the S/I Order which specifically allows Lancashire CC to to make provision for the imposition of penalty charges for bus lane contraventions.

2) Please could you confirm whether you have adopted the 20 meter rule as a way of deciding whether or not a contravention has occurred when a vehicle proceeds for a short distance in a bus lane and if so could you provide a copy of the guidance.

Yours faithfully,

B. Adams

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Dear Sir/Madam

 

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Further to your request for information, made under the provisions of the
above Act, please see below our response.

 

Request:

 

I believe that the purposes of bus lane enforcement are set out in the Bus
Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) Order 2005.)
The available Government online legislation relating to Lancashire CC only
lists S/I 2004/2028 Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area,

 

1) Please could you provide a copy and/or link to the S/I Order which
specifically allows Lancashire CC to make provision for the imposition of
penalty charges for bus lane contraventions.

 

2) Please could you confirm whether you have adopted the 20 meter rule as
a way of deciding whether or not a contravention has occurred when a
vehicle proceeds for a short distance in a bus lane and if so could you
provide a copy of the guidance.

 

Response:

 

Attached is the approval to set the fee for bus lane enforcement. The link
below is to the report leading up to LCC writing to the SoS requesting
approval and we had to give notice of our intention to conduct
enforcement.

 

[1]http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/ieDecis...

 

With regards the 20 metre rule, this relates to 'with flow' bus lanes,
rather than bus only streets and bus gates. The 20 metre rule is not
relevant.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Team

Lancashire County Council

 

[2]www.lancashire.gov.uk

 

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