Announcements

DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL (PAYMENT FOR WAIVERS) ORDER 2016

Notice is hereby given that Darlington Borough Council has made an Order under Sections 1,2,4,45,46,47,49 and 53 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Traffic Management Act 2004. This comes into operation on the 18^th April 2016. Currently waivers can be purchased from the Council at the cost of £5 per day (payment in advance) by
1. tradesmen carrying out work at a property adjacent to a road which is within a Residents Parking Zone where the vehicle cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other part of the road or in another nearby road; and

2. tradesmen carrying out work at premises fronting onto

a road which is subject to a waiting restriction where the vehicle cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other part of the road or in another nearby road.
The effect of the Order will be to enable tradesmen who require such waivers on a regular basis to buy a waiver for an extended period of time by payment in advance of £50 for a period of 13 weeks, £90 for a period of 26 weeks or £150 for a period of 52 weeks. The issuing of waivers for these extended periods of time will be at the discretion of the Council. The Order may be examined free of charge during the hours of 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday inclusive at the Town Hall, Feethams, Darlington. If you wish to question the validity of the Order, or any provision of it, on the grounds that it is not within the power of the relevant section of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or of any requirement of that Act or any enactment made under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order you may, within six weeks from the date of this notice, apply to the High Court for this purpose.
Dated 15th April 2016
LSwinhoe, Assistant Director,
Law and Governance