LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND TRANSPORT FOR LONDON ACT 2008

Long title

To confer further powers upon local authorities in London and upon Transport for London; and for related purposes.

Summary

<p>London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill</p><p>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:</p><ul><li>extending various provisions covering the procedures for immobilisation, removal and disposal of illegally parked vehicles</li><li>recovering release fees from a vehicle&rsquo;s owner when an immobilisation device fixed to the vehicle by a parking attendant has been removed from the vehicle unlawfully</li><li>enabling parking attendants and other authorised officers, when carrying out their functions, to remove anything that obscures a registration mark</li><li>extending the limitation on the period within which a parking authority can serve a notice to a vehicle owner for parking contraventions</li><li>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</li><li>prohibiting parking on footways and verges which form part of an urban road, unless the Highway Authority has specifically allowed parking in the area</li><li>enabling the authorities to ensure that road traffic signs and traffic enforcement cameras are kept unobscured by overhanging vegetation</li><li>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.</li></ul><p>Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.</p><p><a>Read the Explanatory Memorandum</a></p>

Progress through Parliament

1. Petition to introduce a Private Bill presented to Parliament· Unassigned

   29 November 2004 – 29 November 2004

2. 1st reading· Commons

   25 January 2005 – 25 January 2005

3. Carry-over motion· Commons

   19 May 2005 – 19 May 2005

4. Carry-over motion· Lords

   24 May 2005 – 24 May 2005

5. Bill reintroduced· Commons

   25 May 2005 – 25 May 2005

6. 2nd reading· Commons

   21 June 2005 – 21 June 2005

7. Committee stage· Commons

   1 November 2005 – 3 November 2005

8. Report stage· Commons

   8 December 2005 – 8 December 2005

9. 3rd reading· Commons

   15 December 2005 – 15 December 2005

10. 1st reading· Lords

    15 December 2005 – 15 December 2005

11. 2nd reading· Lords

    1 February 2006 – 1 February 2006

12. Committee stage· Lords

    26 June 2006 – 26 June 2006

13. Carry-over motion· Lords

    31 October 2006 – 31 October 2006

14. Carry-over motion· Commons

    6 November 2006 – 6 November 2006

15. Bill reintroduced· Lords

    22 November 2006 – 22 November 2006

16. Bill reintroduced· Commons

    22 November 2006 – 22 November 2006

17. Committee stage· Lords

    25 April 2007 – 25 April 2007

18. Carry-over motion· Lords

    22 October 2007 – 22 October 2007

19. Carry-over motion· Commons

    24 October 2007 – 24 October 2007

20. Bill reintroduced· Lords

    13 November 2007 – 13 November 2007