ALLEYWAY PARKING

 

 

From 22 September 2008 City of London Corporation will start ticketing vehicles parked in alleyways...

 

In London alleyway (footpath) parking (A footpath runs away at an angle from the road / a footway runs parallel with the road) is now an offence (Under the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008). This follows amendments made to the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 where the original wording meant there was a loophole which because of the absence of any reference to alleyways (footpaths) allowed vehicles to park in alleyways. (Updated 9 Sep 08)

 

Section 8 of the London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 reads as follows:

 

8 Parking on footways and footpaths

 

(1) Section 15 (parking on footways, grass verges, etc) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (c. xxiv) is amended as follows.

 

(2) In subsection (1) —

 

   (a) for “on any part of an urban road” there is substituted “on or over any part of a road”;

   (b) after “carriageway” the words “, or on or over a footpath,” are inserted.

 

(3) In subsection (4)—

 

   (a) “—(a)” is inserted after “the parking of vehicles”;

   (b) for “on part of, any part of an urban road” there is substituted “on or over a road or part of a road”;

   (c) after “other than a carriageway” the words “; or (b) on or over a footpath or any part of a footpath”

   are inserted;

   (d) for “urban road” (where those words appear for the second time) there is substituted “road or

   footpath”.

 

(4) In subsection (5), for “urban road” there is substituted “road or footpath”.

 

(5) In subsection (12)—

 

   (a) the following definition is inserted in the appropriate place—

 

   ““footpath” means a highway over which the public have a right of way on foot only, not being a

   footway;”;

   (b) in the definition of “carriageway”, for “an urban road” there is substituted “a road”;

   (c) in the definition of “footway”, for “an urban road” there is substituted “a road”;

   (d) the definition of “urban road” is omitted.

 

 

 

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